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A Complex Dynamical Systems Model Of Education, Research, Employment, And Sustainable Human Development

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.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12612138/index.pdf
Date01 June 2010
CreatorsErdogan, Ezgi
ContributorsAzizoglu, Meral
PublisherMETU
Source SetsMiddle East Technical Univ.
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeM.S. Thesis
Formattext/pdf
RightsTo liberate the content for public access

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