background family planning (fp) program in pakistan has been struggling to achieve the desired indicators. despite a well-timed initiation of the program in late 50s, fertility decline has been sparingly slow. as a result, rapid population growth is impeding economic development in the country. a high population growth rate, the current fertility rate, a stagnant contraceptive prevalence rate a...

abstract introduction: students with appropriate critical thinking disposition can facilitate the countries of scientific development, at the first step of endeavor toward the development is to have a valid and reliable instrument .this study carried out to determine validly and reliability of california critical thinking disposition inventory (cctdi) and critical thinking disposition of nursin...

T his article presents the essentials of a successful counterinsurgency strategy by applying a technique known as systems thinking. The fundamentals of good strategic thought lie both in recognizing the most significant interactions between different players, how they influence each other in unexpected ways, and how to measure progress in achieving the ends of the strategy. Systems thinking has...

This paper presents cMinds, a learning intervention that deploys game-based visual programming towards building analytical, computational, and critical thinking skills in primary education. The proposed learning method exploits the structured nature of programming, which is inherently logical and transcends cultural barriers, towards inclusive learning that exposes learners to algorithmic think...

Systems thinking and innovation are deemed as required characteristic of systems engineers. This paper is written as the latest in a series of readings on systems thinking and innovation for postgraduate courses teaching systems engineering. The first part of the paper refers to earlier work in systems thinking and shows a difference between systems thinking and critical thinking, defines holis...

This paper explores the question of what systems thinking adds to the field of global health. Observing that elements of systems thinking are already common in public health research, the article discusses which of the large body of theories, methods, and tools associated with systems thinking are more useful. The paper reviews the origins of systems thinking, describing a range of the theories...

We explore the notion of need to decolonize systems thinking and awareness. Taking a specifically Indigenous approach both knowledge creation sharing, we look at awareness-based change via Haudenosaunee (Mohawk) two-row visual code. The authors sacred space between non-Indigenous ways knowing, identify pathways for peaceful co-existence epistemologies. Based on conversations with elders Western...