dc.contributor.author | Green, Caroline | |
dc.contributor.author | Molloy, Owen | |
dc.contributor.author | Duggan, Jim | |
dc.contributor.author | Brennan, Caroline | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-29T10:32:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-29T10:32:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-07-26 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Green, Caroline, Molloy, Owen, & Duggan, Jim. (2021). The benefits of system dynamics simulation for sustainability education. Paper presented at the International System Dynamics Conference 2021, Chicago, USA, 26-30 July. | en_IE |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10379/17102 | |
dc.description.abstract | Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is vital to the success of the United Nation¿s
Sustainable Development Goals, yet it has so far proved difficult to implement. One reason for this is
the systemic understanding required to comprehend the intricate interplay of causal connections
typically underlying sustainability issues. This research describes an experimental study conducted to
investigate whether ESD can benefit from Systems Thinking and System Dynamics simulation, both in
increasing understanding of a specific sustainability problem, and in transferring knowledge to a
second sustainability problem with a similar systemic structure. The study was a randomised
controlled trial using a two-by-two factorial design. 106 participants were randomly allocated to one
of four groups: a Systems Thinking group, a Simulation group, a Systems Thinking and Simulation
group, or a control group. Results demonstrated a significant increase in scores for the Simulation
group for understanding a sustainability problem, with a large effect size, and a weaker but still
significant increase in scores for transfer of skills to a second problem, with medium effect size. The
Simulation group was the only group that demonstrated significant benefits. | en_IE |
dc.format | application/pdf | en_IE |
dc.language.iso | en | en_IE |
dc.publisher | System Dynamics Society | en_IE |
dc.relation.ispartof | International System Dynamics Conference 2021 | en |
dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IE | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ | |
dc.subject | randomised controlled trial | en_IE |
dc.subject | RCT | en_IE |
dc.subject | factorial study | en_IE |
dc.subject | ANOVA | en_IE |
dc.subject | Education for Sustainable Development | en_IE |
dc.subject | Systems Thinking | en_IE |
dc.subject | System Dynamics | en_IE |
dc.subject | simulation | en_IE |
dc.title | The benefits of system dynamics simulation for sustainability education | en_IE |
dc.type | Conference Paper | en_IE |
dc.date.updated | 2022-03-14T10:17:13Z | |
dc.local.publishedsource | https://proceedings.systemdynamics.org/2021/papers/P1294.pdf | en_IE |
dc.description.peer-reviewed | non-peer-reviewed | |
dc.internal.rssid | 27430589 | |
dc.local.contact | Caroline Green. Email: caroline.green@nuigalway.ie | |
dc.local.copyrightchecked | No This is an extended abstract. The original peer-reviewed accepted conference paper was longer. Conference organisers recommended creating a shorter extended abstract version for publication after the conference ended. | |
dc.local.version | PUBLISHED | |
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