The Application of System Thinking in Curriculum Design

Abstract

As a part of scientific system, any course and any knowledge in a course are not isolated. Based on the principle of system thinking, this paper puts forward a method of teaching and curriculum design. In classroom teaching, teachers want to teach a new knowledge topic. They first build a connection between the new knowledge and the knowledge they have mastered, and then analyze the differences and connections between the knowledge topics. On this basis, the new knowledge is taught and the mapping knowledge domains is constructed. The students can learn, review and consolidate knowledge simultaneously which improve the effect of course teaching. This paper takes Fluid Mechanics course as an example to demonstrate this method.