Hop, Step, Step and Jump: Towards Real-World Complexity @ Delft University of Technology

Hop, Step, Step and Jump: Towards Real-World Complexity @ Delft University of Technology

Pruyt, E.
Slinger, J.H.
Van Daalen, C.
Yucel, G.
Thissen, W.A.H.

Technology, Policy and Management

Multi Actor Systems

2009-07-26

This paper deals with System Dynamics education at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. It focuses more specifically on the quadruple jump approach towards dealing with real-world dynamic complexity. The paper starts with an overview of the System Dynamics courses, situated within the broader curriculum. Then recent innovations in the Introductory System Dynamics course are discussed. Finally, some of the lessons learned are distilled. The rationale behind this paper are the beliefs that (higher) education determines to a large extent the quality of (the next generation) professional System Dynamics modellers, and hence, the field of System Dynamics as a whole, and that sharing (innovative and/or proven) educational practices, and exchanging actual and challenging (teaching and testing) cases may lead to further improving the quality of System Dynamics education.

system dynamics
Delft University of Technology
education
actuality

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a5cca945-4c53-42c6-b506-e4374d165a2a

System Dynamics Society

978-1-935056-03-04

Proceedings of the 27th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Albuquerque, USA 26-30 July 2009

Institutional Repository

conference paper

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