Pandemic and Protests: Systems Thinking Perspective-Taking to Address and Reimagine the Evolving Social World

• In Event: Disrupting Systemic Inequities

Abstract

In the context of the disquieting 2020 pandemic’s uncertainty and compelling anti-bias Black Live Matter protests, this research explored the nature of talk when educators study systems thinking approaches to their classroom instruction and student learning. In a qualitative case study of a voluntary professional development book club to further their ongoing understanding of systems thinking, the elementary educators were intrigued with the distinctions, systems, relationships and perspectives structure for refining their pedagogical practices. The findings document how educators examined their own perspectives, valued perspective-taking, and considered perspectives needed to reimagine a more just society.

Author

• Margaret Sauceda Curwen, Chapman University