{"id":2495,"date":"2017-04-20T08:14:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T12:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2017-04-20T08:14:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T12:14:59","slug":"looking-at-education-as-a-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/looking-at-education-as-a-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Education as a System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a brief (5 minutes and change) video rundown of systems thinking and education, with a little take on why <em>effectiveness<\/em> is better than <em>efficiency<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xKzEnKgJbHs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Do you think the education system near you is optimized to accomplish its overall goal, or do the internal components sometimes fight against each other to the detriment of the whole? Understanding how the pieces fit together is a good first step to getting the whole thing to work more effectively.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\nRelated:<br \/>\n&#8211; I cover the idea of education as a series of transformative processes in chapter 1 of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Quality-Education-Matters-Structure-Sustain-ebook\/dp\/B01N6APX0P\/\">Quality Education: Why It Matters, and How to Structure the System to Sustain It<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; The debut episode of &#8220;Between the Black &amp; the White&#8221; presented <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bbjZnB6RVkc\">The Musashi-Heinlein School<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Between the Black &amp; the White&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtu.be.com\/fX-65yi0wXo\">Series Introduction<\/a> <em>(extra episode)<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;Between the Black &amp; the White&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RxZsEuJMrv8\">Host Introduction<\/a><em>(extra episode)<\/em><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button 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