The new generation spend a considerable amount of their time in formal education settings. Only a small fraction of this time is allocated to equipping children with the ability to deal with sustainability issues and so empowering them to respond to the key challenges of our time. Systems thinking (ST) has been promoted as a way of responding to these challenges by facilitating the understanding of complex dilemmas and mitigating them. The aim of this multiple case study is to shed light on the impact of early childhood education (ECE) settings on the ST skills of preschool children aged between four and six. For this purpose, we developed a strategy and instruments to determine ECE setting variables that could potentially be taken into consideration in ST education. We applied this methodology to contrasting cases from Turkey and Germany. The findings have important implications for policy makers, researchers and ECE teachers.

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Bronfenbrenner理论视角下幼儿教育环境对学龄前儿童系统思维能力的影响

新一代在正规教育环境中花费了大量时间。只有一小部分时间用于培养儿童处理可持续性问题的能力，从而使他们能够应对我们这个时代的关键挑战。系统思维 (ST) 已被推广为通过促进对复杂困境的理解和减轻它们来应对这些挑战的一种方式。这个多案例研究的目的是阐明幼儿教育 (ECE) 环境对 4 至 6 岁学龄前儿童 ST 技能的影响。为此，我们制定了一项策略和工具来确定在 ST 教育中可能考虑的 ECE 设置变量。我们将这种方法应用于土耳其和德国的对比案例。