Social Impact Educators Series
Systems Education:
A Game Changer in Preparing for the Complex Global Landscape
Social Impact Educators Series:
Systems Education: A Game Changer in Preparing for the Complex Global Landscape
19 September 2023
Introductions: Where in the World
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Agenda
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Susanna Chui
Grounding in Topic
Today’s Topic for Discussion
Social Entrepreneurship Education - Concepts
A system is ‘the set of actors, activities, and setting that are directly or indirectly perceived to have influence in or be affected by a given problem situation. (Foster-Fishman, Nowell & Yang, 2007)
Systemic Change: An intentional process designed to alter the status quo by shifting and realigning the form and function of a targeted system. (Foster-Fishman, Nowell & Yang, 2007)
Tipping point: The point at which a series of small changes or incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger, more important change.
Social entrepreneurship education: Development of competencies and skills
Stages of Systemic Change
Maintenance of Old Systems
Awareness
Exploration
Transition
Emergence of New Infrastructure
Predominance of the New System
Source: Anderson, 1993
Emergence of the tipping point
Key Elements to Change
Key Steps to Change
DEVELOP A COMMON LANGUAGE
DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR MOVING FORWARD ON SYSTEM CHANGE
DEVELOP AN ONGOING ASSESSMENT PROCESS TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE DEEP, QUALITY CHANGE
Source: Anderson, 1993
Reference
Anderson, B. L. 1993. The stages of systemic change. Educational leadership.
Foster-Fishman, P. G., Nowell, B., & Yang, H. 2007. Putting the system back into systems change: a framework for understanding and changing organizational and community systems. American Journal of Community Psychology, 39, 197-215.
James Stauch
Systems learning beyond the academy
For students in Map the System…
“Camera” model (BETA): Understanding and mapping a system
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Jayne Bryant
Inner work on systems change in service of a greater purpose
Education for Sustainability Leadership
Supporting and empowering agents for sustainability transformations
Key Competencies in Sustainability
Key Competencies in Sustainability
Image from: Brundiers, K., Barth, M., Cebrián, G. et al. Key competencies in sustainability in higher education—toward an agreed-upon reference framework. Sustain Sci 16, 13–29 (2021).
Intrapersonal Capacities for Sustainability Leadership
An amazing systems education program:
Jonas Yawovi Dzinekou
Social transformation beyond the classroom and how we do it
Paulo Savaget
Collective work of systems change
In the U.S, Canada and UK. Soon in Brazil, South Korea, Japan, China, UK and Commonwealth, Taiwan...
In the U.S, Canada and UK. Soon in Brazil, South Korea, Japan, China, UK and Commonwealth, Taiwan...
Source: Savaget et al, under review
Source: Savaget et al., Unpacking Systems Change Philanthropy: Five Alternative Models
Breakout Room Discussion
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Jayne Bryant: jayne.bryant@bth.se
Susanna Chui: suziechui@gmail.com
Jonas Dzinekou: istdirector@tangaza.ac.ke
Paulo Savagat: paulo.savaget@sbs.ox.ac.uk
James Stauch: jstauch@mtroyal.ca
Debbi Brock
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