Chen ， Tzong-Yue Director of Library National Keelung Girls ’ Senior High School ， Taiwan

1. Promotion of Creative Learning Exchange philosophy Chen，Tzong-Yue Director of Library National Keelung Girls’ Senior High School，Taiwan July 11，2005

2. Preface • 1903 glider flight testing • 1969 landing moon • Library’s role is to integrate Local community resources to promote CLE philosophy • Be taught to break apart problems • See the big picture • System thinking tools for us Learning how to learn

3. AGENDA • Introduction of system thinking tool：Vensim • School that learn? • Process of extending Creative Learning • Obstacles and Recommendation • Summary

4. Introduction of Vensim • Visual modeling tool for system thinking/dynamics • 5 versions：PLE(free download )，PLE+，Standard，Professional，DSS ( Http://www.vensim.com ) • Building Causal Loop，Stock & Flow Diagram

5. System Thinking/Dynamics? • Understanding interdependency and changes • Behavior of Feedback, Complexity • Stock and Flow diagrams, System Archetypes • Finding the leverage needed, get the constructive change

6. Linear System Thinking Feedback Process

7. Causal Loop Increasing loop，Balance loop，Delay factor

8. Stock & Flow Diagram

9. School that learn? • Expressing aspirations, building awareness, developing capabilities together. • Traditionally, suspicious one another – parents, teachers, educators etc. • People inside, outside the school walls, recognize their common stake, and learn from one another.

10. A learning-oriented school? • The learning classroom • Teachers，Students，Parents • The learning school • Superintendent，Principal & various admin dept.，Official supervising the school district • The learning community • Community members，lifelong learners

11. The learning classroom I • Teachers • Promotion, development, care and security：teachers importance • Act as steward for all students • Lifelong learner • Students • The only player see all sides of the system. • Not passive recipients of knowledge, but as cocreators of knowledge, participants in the evolution of the school.

12. The learning classroom II • Parents • Lack of time, encouragement will diminish children’s learning • Parents and teacher need to cooperate closely each otherto establish Learning classroom and school

13. The learning school I • Superintendent • Posses more formal authority • As executive leader, an example of highly effective behavior • Principal & various admin dept. • Not just supervisor of teachers, but a lead teacher and lead learner. • As steward of the learning process as a whole.

14. The learning school II • Official supervising the school district. • Overseers, Comptrollers and Policy setters • Organizational learning in its own practices can make enormous difference.

15. The learning community • Community members • More aware that they can’t operate in isolation from one another. • lifelong learners • Developing community that support learning at all age lifelong learners

16. A learning-oriented school?

17. Process of extending Creative Learning • Set up Community Personnel network • Encouraging greater involvement of booking reading clubs • Holding regular contests in web page design • Compiling & editing CLE training material • Issuing e-newsletter • Defining school vision

18. Obstacles and Recommendation • Obstacles • Lack of qualified and certified teachers • Lack of pedagogical approches • Money problem

19. Obstacles and Recommendation • Recommendation • System thinking method incorporated into school curricula • Institutes be created • A sufficient amount of funding • Seed teacher training program • Class teaching demonstration • More definite outline of curricula

20. Summary • Selfless coorporation to promote • Develop How to learn • 25% of resource to challenge the changed world