Under the Shadows of Popular Systems Change: How a Prestigious University Failed a Disadvantaged Student, or the Case for a Critical Realist Agent-Based Approach — by Adler Yang

How is an underlying mechanism that drives the meta- and polycrises manifested through our dominant mode of education? How might we make sense of and navigate the seemingly different and potentially conflicting approaches to addressing these crises? How might we transform the system through our ways of living?

In our latest piece for the Equitable Horizons blog series, Adler Yang, examines these questions through the story of Wen, an economically disadvantaged student who excelled in a self-directed learning environment but struggled when she entered a prestigious university.

Adler Yang will also be presenting at Illuminate Systems’ webinar on 12:30, July 31 (EDT) to discuss the research behind the story (A registration link is provided at the bottom of the essay at the link below)

Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eAXD4ZTG