Complexity and Education: Inquiries Into Learning, Teaching, and Research
Autor Brent Davis, Dennis Sumaraen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 mar 2006
Complexity thinking offers a powerful alternative to the linear, reductionist approaches to inquiry that have dominated the sciences for hundreds of years and educational research for more than a century. It has captured the attention of many researchers whose studies reach across traditional disciplinary boundaries to investigate phenomena such as: How does the brain work? What is consciousness? What is intelligence? What is the role of emergent technologies in shaping personalities and possibilities? How do social collectives work? What is knowledge? Complexity research posits that a deep similarity among these phenomena is that each points toward some sort of system that learns. The authors’ intent is not to offer a complete account of the relevance of complexity thinking to education, not to prescribe and delimit, but to challenge readers to examine their own assumptions and theoretical commitments--whether anchored by commonsense, classical thought or any of the posts (such as postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, postpositivism, postformalism, postepistemology) that mark the edges of current discursive possibility.
Complexity and Education is THE introduction to the emerging field of complexity thinking for the education community. It is specifically relevant for educational researchers, graduate students, and inquiry-oriented teacher practitioners.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780805859355
ISBN-10: 0805859357
Pagini: 214
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0805859357
Pagini: 214
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
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Contents: Preface. Part I: Complexity Thinking. What Is "Complexity"? What Is "Science"? The Shape of Complexity. The Network of Complexity. Part II: Complexity Thinking, Education, and Educational Inquiry. Descriptive Complexity Research: Qualities of Learning Systems. Descriptive Complexity Research: Level-Jumping. Pragmatic Complexity Research: Conditions of Emergence. Complexity and Education: Vital Simultaneities. Endnotes.
Recenzii
"Brent Davis and Dennis Sumara study in depth the role of complexity in education, and they do this from the learning, teaching, and research perspectives."
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Descriere
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.