A complex dynamical systems model of education, research, employment, and sustainable human development

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Erdoğan, Ezgi

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Economic events of this era reflect the fact that the value of information and technology has surpassed the value of physical production. This motivates countries to focus on increasing the education levels of citizens. However, policy making about education system and its returns requires dynamical analyses in order to be sustainable. The study aims to investigate the dynamic characteristics of a country-wide education system, in particular, that of Turkey. System Dynamics modeling, which is one of the most commonly referred tools for understanding the complex social structures, is used. Our model introduces dynamic relationships among different classes of labor forces with varying education levels, university admissions, research quality, and the investments made in education, research and other sectors. Model experimentation provides new insights into the investment and capacity-related aspects of the education system environment.

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Industrial engineering.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19638

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E. Erdoğan, “A complex dynamical systems model of education, research, employment, and sustainable human development,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2010.