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Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education
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A collection of scholarly essays, Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education provides an accessible theoretical introduction to the topic of complexity theory while considering its broader implications for educational change.
- Explains the contributions of complexity theory to philosophy of education, curriculum, and educational research
- Brings together new research by an international team of contributors
- Debates issues ranging from the culture of curriculum, to the implications of work of key philosophers such as Foucault and John Dewey for educational change
- Demonstrates how social scientists and social and education policy makers are drawing on complexity theory to answer questions such as: why is it that education decision-makers are so resistant to change; how does change in education happen; and what does it take to make these changes sustainable?
- Considers changes in use of complexity theory; developed principally in the fields of physics, biology, chemistry, and economics, and now being applied more broadly to the social sciences and to the study of education
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Table of contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword: Complexity and knowledge systems
- 1 Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education
- 2 Educational Philosophy and the Challenge of Complexity Theory
- 3 What Is Complexity Theory and What Are Its Implications for Educational Change?
- 4 Complexity and Education: Vital simultaneities
- 5 Three Generations of Complexity Theories: Nuances and ambiguities
- 6 Re-reading Dewey through the Lens of Complexity Science, or: On the creative logic of education
- 7 Foucault as Complexity Theorist: Overcoming the problems of classical philosophical analysis
- 8 Complex Systems and Educational Change: Towards a new research agenda
- 9 Human Research and Complexity Theory
- 10 Complexity and Truth in Educational Research
- 11 âKnowledge Must Be Contextualâ: Some possible implications of complexity and dynamic systems theories for educational rese
- 12 Complexity and Educational Research: A critical reflection
- 13 Complexity and the Culture of Curriculum
- 14 From Representation to Emergence: Complexityâs challenge to the epistemology of schooling
- 15 Educating Consciousness through Literary Experiences
- Index