Complexity and Education : Inquiries Into Learning, Teaching, and Research


Brent. Davis
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt
Hoboken : : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, , 2006.
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1 online resource (215 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Front cover; CONTENTS; DEDICATION; PREFACE; PART ONE: COMPLEXITY THINKING; CHAPTER ONE. WHAT IS ""COMPLEXITY""?; CHAPTER TWO. WHAT IS ""SCIENCE""?; CHAPTER THREE. THE SHAPE OF COMPLEXITY; CHAPTER FOUR. THE NETWORK OF COMPLEXITY; PART TWO: COMPLEXITY THINKING, EDUCATION, AND EDUCATIONAL INQUIRY; CHAPTER FIVE. Descriptive Complexity Research: QUALITIES OF LEARNING SYSTEMS; CHAPTER SIX. Descriptive Complexity Research: LEVEL-JUMPING; CHAPTER SEVEN. Pragmatic Complexity Research: CONDITIONS OF EMERGENCE; CHAPTER EIGHT. Pragmatic Complexity Research: VITAL SIMULTANEITIES; ENDNOTES; REFERENCES. - ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSNAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX. - This book explores the contributions, actual and potential, of complexity thinking to educational research and practice. While its focus is on the theoretical premises and the methodology, not specific applications, the aim is pragmatic--to present complexity thinking as an important and appropriate attitude for educators and educational researchers. Part I is concerned with global issues around complexity thinking, as read through an educational lens. Part II cites a diversity of practices and studies that are either explicitly informed by or that might be aligned with complexity research, an
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