10 Ways Educators Learn from Spiral Dynamics integral (SDi)

Gains for : Students, Teachers, Education Systems from k to 12; BA to PhD+

1.       SDi is developmental – curriculum developed with SDi natural design principles enables the natural development of students

2.       SDi transcends and includes earlier learning stages – students systematically build upon and re-frame the knowledge, relationships and awareness of self, others and the world as they learn in SDi influenced environments

3.       SDi is a framework of learning frameworks – students learn strategies for learning and organizing ever complexifying content, context and consequences

4.       SDi builds capacity – it offers a way of seeing the world that expands with the student and stretches their views in a natural, evolutionary way

5.       SDi is based on research – the approach to learning “as a never ending quest” is flexible for multi-cultural, trans-cultural, and global cultural environments

6.       SDi is a natural design tool for teachers – it provides a developmental framework to create appropriate delivery modes, curriculum, and knowledge domains

7.       SDi presents four learning lenses to the world: bio/psycho/cultural/social -- teachers can use these four lenses to organize content and worldviews at any grade level

8.       SDi gives educators a tool to relate to the (often differing) perspectives of community, parents, students and instructors -- teachers can build bridges between students and parents and the community and vice versa

9.       SDi offers a framework of teaching frameworks that embraces horizontal, vertical and adaptive conditions – this enables flexibility and resilience as well as coherent responses to teaching and learning in a variety of life conditions

10.   SDi provides a multi-disciplinary platform for organizing whole schools, institutions and education systems to expand capacity at all levels of scale – this enables organizational strategic, accountable and systemic achievement

Where is SDi being used in Education? Calgary School Board; International Baccalaureate; Royal Roads University; Erickson College; University of Manitoba; Graduate Institute; Adizes Graduate School; Pacific Integral; University of Florida; Centre for Integral Excellence, Sheffield Hallam University; The Graduate Institute; California Institute of Integral Studies; JFK University, San Francisco; Fielding University; Dialogue Centre, Simon Fraser U; Sauder School of Management, University of British Columbia; The Banff Centre

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