A multi‐university cohort model for teaching complex and interdisciplinary problem‐solving using system dynamics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin L. Turner ◽  
Melissa Wuellner ◽  
Erin Cortus ◽  
Steven Boot Chumbley
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Cohort Model ◽  
Interdisciplinary Problem Solving

Interdisciplinary Pedagogies in Higher Education

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debora DeZure
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Interdisciplinary Learning ◽  
Professional Students ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Interdisciplinary Problem Solving ◽  
The Many ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

“Interdisciplinary Pedagogies in Higher Education” explores the increasing integration of goals for interdisciplinary learning in American higher education. The chapter begins with working definitions of interdisciplinary learning and the many factors that have led to its proliferation. It then reviews the elaboration of new methods to teach and to assess interdisciplinary learning, emerging models of interdisciplinary problem-solving, and practice-oriented resources and online tools to assist undergraduate, graduate, and professional students and their instructors with interdisciplinary problem-solving and communications in cross-disciplinary and interprofessional contexts. The chapter concludes with the impact of technology, for example, e-portfolios and other digital and technology-enabled tools, and evidence of an emerging body of scholarship of teaching and learning focused on interdisciplinary learning.

Integrated Projects and the Development of Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving Strategies

2013 ◽  
pp. 206-236
Author(s):  
Paul C. King
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
York City ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
City College ◽  
Core Skills ◽  
College Of Technology ◽  
Interdisciplinary Problem Solving ◽  
The City

Interdisciplinary problem solving and research skills require early preparation in two categories: critical thinking and communication. This chapter reviews the two-year process of interdisciplinary curriculum development, shaped by collaboration between the New York City Department of Education, the New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York, and City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology. The resulting course, “Inter-Academy Integrated Projects” (IP), emphasizes multidisciplinary problem solving that includes creativity, observation, research, visual and discursive communication, and reflection. The collaborative lessons make use of project-based methodology and emphasize social responsibility. Core skills are combined across the two trimesters of IP. This endeavor will be contrasted and compared to the work of the Partnership for the 21st Century Skills by examining the use of high-impact learning practices, feedback from students and teachers, and the issues surrounding the implementation of any new curriculum.

Education Activities of Bioengineering for Undergraduate Students at UMBC

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Zhu ◽  
Dwayne Arola ◽  
Charles Eggleton ◽  
Anne Spence
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Imaging Diagnosis ◽  
Nano Technology ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Interdisciplinary Problem Solving ◽  
Engineered Systems ◽  
New Research

Recent developments in micro- and nano-technology have become the primary thrust of many new research opportunities in bioengineering to provide better imaging, diagnosis, therapeutic therapy, and monitoring progression of various diseases. Biology and Chemistry are becoming highly quantitative disciplines, dealing with deeply complex interacting factors. Engineered systems are increasingly integrating biological operability and capabilities into traditional methodology. Light matter interactions traditionally employed in Optical Physics has generated new fields in Biophysics and Bioengineering. These are unique challenges often requiring interdisciplinary collaborations among researchers with diversified expertise. Therefore, it is important to educate the next generation of undergraduate students to possess the technical knowledge within their core discipline, to cultivate opportunities for interdisciplinary problem solving and to prepare them for an industrial or graduate environment involving interdisciplinary research.

Interdisciplinary problem solving workshops for grizzly bear conservation in Banff National Park, Canada

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murray B. Rutherford ◽  
Michael L. Gibeau ◽  
Susan G. Clark ◽  
Emily C. Chamberlain
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
National Park ◽  
Grizzly Bear ◽  
Banff National Park ◽  
Interdisciplinary Problem Solving

scholarly journals Integrating performance measurement, system dynamics, and problem-solving methods

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 939-961
Author(s):  
Dian Prama Irfani ◽  
Dermawan Wibisono ◽  
Mursyid Hasan Basri
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Performance Measurement System ◽  
Dynamics Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Improvement Plan ◽  
Sea Transportation ◽  
Transport Logistics

Purpose Transport logistics systems in companies with additional public service roles are complex and could benefit from new approaches to performance management. Existing approaches tend to be fragmented; thus, the purpose of this paper is to integrate balanced performance measures, a dynamics model, and the problem-solving method into a new model. Design/methodology/approach An integrated framework is developed by reviewing literature and synthesising attributes of performance measurement systems, system dynamics and problem-solving methods. The framework is then applied to a multiple-role company’s sea transportation system. The study uses statistical methods to identify performance indicators, management interviews with document study to develop a dynamics model, and simulation methods to formulate an improvement plan. Findings The performance measurement design stage allowed for the identification of balanced, aligned performance indicators, while the system dynamics model illuminated the impact of the system components’ interrelationships on performance output. The problem-solving method allowed for analysis of system performance, identification of constraints and formulation of a performance improvement plan. Practical implications This framework can help transport logistics system stakeholders in multiple-role companies avoid silo thinking, misaligned performance objectives, local optima and short-term solutions. Originality/value This study contributes to the existing body of research by introducing a novel framework integrating performance measurement, system dynamics and the problem-solving method. It also addresses a theoretical gap by showing how interconnecting components of sea transportation systems affect transport logistics performance.

System Dynamics Modeling and TRIZ: A Practical Approach for Inventive Problem Solving

2017 ◽  
pp. 237-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Delgado-Maciel ◽  
Guillermo Cortes-Robles ◽  
Cuauhtémoc Sánchez-Ramírez ◽  
Giner Alor-Hernández ◽  
Jorge García-Alcaraz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
System Dynamics Modeling ◽  
Dynamics Modeling
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