ICTMT 5: Working Group "System Dynamics and Systems Thinking"
Chair: Günther Ossimitz, University of Klagenfurt, guenther.ossimitz@uni-klu.ac.at

The Fifth International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT5) will be held at the University of Klagenfurt; Aug 6-9, 2000. Within the this conference a number of special groups and working groups are organized.

Programme

Planning state: May 19th, 2001
The Working Group "System Dynamics" / Systems Thinking" will be organized in close cooperation with the System Dynamics Austria Group (SDA). The timeslot on Tuesday afternoon (16:15 - 17:45) will be devoted to the theme System Dynamics / Systems Thinking; The Practitioners View. Three distinguished experts from the SDA will report about practical applications of SD/ST in their field of experience. At the Wednesday time-slot members of the SDA will give a practiacal introduction into causal loop diagramming, a powerful and yet easy-to-learn systems diagramming technique. The two sessions on Thursday will be devoted to System Dynamics modelling at secondary schools. In the Thursday morning session (10:30-11:15) Dr. Franz Schloeglhofer will report about his practical experiences with students learning SD modeling and simulation. The afternoon session (16:15-17:00) some practical examples about teaching SD in classrooms will be discussed.

Time Presenter Theme
Tue 7th,10:30-11:15 Guenther Ossimitz System Dynamics modelling: a new perspective for math classes? -- An introduction for all who are interested in this field
Tue 7th, 16:15-17:45 Stefan Gueldenberg Leadership, Management and Management Control – a System Dynamics Approach
Ernst Gebetsroither Modelling Carbon Dioxide Pollution in Austria
Stephan Berchtold School Development – a Systems Perspective
Wed 8th,10:30-11:15 Stephan Berchtold, Ernst Gebetsroither, Stefan Gueldenberg Causal Loop Diagramming - a practical 'crash course'
Thu 9th, 10:30-11:15 Franz Schloeglhofer Teaching System Dynamics Modelling in Secondary Schools: The Teacher's perspective
Thu 9th, 16:15-17:00 Guenther Ossimitz or al. Practical Examples for Teaching System Dynamics in Mathematics Classes.

Contributions

Although the programme is rather filled now, it is still possible to place a presentation (preferably about some practical example of systems oriented modeling at math classes) at the Thursday afternoon time-slot. Do not hesistate to mention your interest to the chairman!

Interested?

Please do the following:
A) Get in contact with the chairman guenther.ossimitz-@uni-klu.ac.at.
B) Register here for the ICTMT5 conference.

Günther Ossimitz
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