Complex Systems and Educational Change

Towards a new research agenda

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8859309
AutoresJ L Lemke (0000-0002-2582-8520, SRI International, autor correspondente), Nora H Sabelli (a University of Michigan SRI International)
Ano2008
Volume40
Fascículo1
Páginas118-129
Data de publicação2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEducational Philosophy and Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-1857 • E-ISSN: 1469-5812
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1469-5812.2007.00401.x
OpenAlexW2001716324
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas26
Referências citadas7

How might we usefully apply concepts and procedures derived from the study of other complex dynamical systems to analyzing systemic change in education? In this article we begin to define possible agendas for research toward developing systematic frameworks and shared terminology for such a project. We illustrate the plausibility of defining such frameworks and raise the question of the relation between such frameworks and the crucial task of aggregating data across ‘systemic experiments’, such as those conducted under the Urban Systemic Initiative sponsored by the US National Science Foundation. Our discussion includes a review of key issues identified by groups of researchers regarding (1) Defining the System, (2) Structural Analysis, (3) Relationships Among Subsystems and Levels, (4) Drivers for Change, and (5) Modeling Methods

Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Foundation (evidence · Knowledge management · Management science · Political science · Relation (database · Sociology · Systems engineering · Task (project management · Terminology · Chaos, Complexity, and Education · Cognitive Science and Mapping · Complex Systems and Decision Making · Computer Science · Engineering