My problem of practice is education inequality in underserved communities. This seems very broad of a topic I need help making it more detailed and specific. In this activity, you will begin creating your own POP systems model by analyzing your own POP. Details are provided in the Assignments at a Glance module
Part I: Submit publish of Systems Model & POP Statement to your team members (using the agreed-upon method for collaboration). Also submit to the assignment link (for completion only): End of Week 6, Session 3
Part II: Team Peer Review & Submit revised Systems Model & POP Statement to the Systems Model Activity 2 (Analyzing Your Own POP Using DSRP) assignment link: End of Week 7, Session 3 Individual:
Using your revised POP statement (be sure to incorporate any instructor notes!), begin systems modeling your POP.
Use the five questions from Want to be a Better Systems Thinker? to begin your systems modeling:
What am I choosing to see/not to see?
How are these things organized into parts/whole groupings?
How are these things related?
Do the relationships have parts? From what or whose perspective? Spend one week working on this model (in other words, don’t do this in one sitting!) and documenting your thoughts in your Researcher’s Journal.
At the end of that week, share your model and your most recent POP statement with your team (you can decide as a team how you want to share work; you have access to Microsoft 365 with your JHED ID and can use Word online and/or OneDrive to store and share documentation).
Teamwork:
Questions to consider during the team discussion of each model:
Do the groupings make sense?
Are there other wholes/parts that are missing?
Are there wholes that need to be broken down into parts?
Are all of the relationships shown?
Are all of the relationships’ parts shown?
Are all appropriate stakeholder perspectives shown?
Are there additional institutional and/or conceptual perspectives to consider?
Have you considered seeing xyz (give a recommendation specific to the POP)? Document your major takeaways from the discussion about your own POP.
Rework your POP systems model based on your team’s discussion. Helpful links: https://help.cabreraresearch.org/systems-mapping-sm
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10567879231157372
Watch the following videos.
Dr. Derek Cabrera demonstrates how to map a sentence: Map like a pro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8FR2R6KnXg Dr. Derek Cabrera demonstrates how to map a paragraph: Map like a pro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urWUpmYZj0g Muñiz, Woolsey, Keffer, and Barragán (2023) analyze researchers’ use of critical systems thinking in education. Note the research questions that guided their analysis, as well as their methods, including the parameters of their dataset, data analysis, and ways in which they built trustworthiness. Consider how their dataset parameters helped them to frame and stop (or in the language of the Cabreras’ frop) their analysis so it wouldn’t become unwieldly. Before beginning your mapping process, it is suggested that you revisit (from Orientation) the definition of systems mapping. Additionally, to help you not feel overwhelmed by the systems mapping process, read about how to frop your analysis (because systems can be quite large and complex!). View the provided videos in which Dr. Derek Cabrera demonstrates how to map a sentence and paragraph using DSRP. While these videos show you how to use the Plectica program for systems mapping, note that you are not required to use Plectica. You will draw on the video content to help you with mapping your own POP. As you identify and select articles that may be helpful for your POP, use the described approach to consider how you might map selected articles that are particularly relevant to your POP. Consider how, through mapping, we can gain a deeper understanding. Please cite APA correctly using OWL at Purdue link for guidance