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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. This book: 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; and, 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? It 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.
(Malden), Wiley-Blackwell, (2008). Wrappers, figures, pp. xiii, 239. Fine. ISBN 978 1 4051 8042 9. 
Presents an introduction to complexity theory while considering its broader implications for educational change. this book explains the contributions of complexity theory to philosophy of education, curriculum, and educational research. it considers changes in use of complexity theory. illustrations (Paperback) 
Presents an introduction to complexity theory while considering its broader implications for educational change. This book explains the contributions of complexity theory to philosophy of education, curriculum, and educational research. It considers c... 
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PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). Why is the education system so resistant to change? How does change in education occur? When change does happen, what does it take to make it sustainable? Social scientists, and social and education policy makers, are beginning to frame their understanding of these questions in terms of complexity theory. Developed initially as an approach to the fields of physics, biology, chemistry and economics, complexity theory is now being applied more broadly to the social sciences and to the study of education. Complexity theory takes the view that complex systems are best regarded in their entirety-as wholes. It is a theory that engages with dynamic systems or ecologies, with the complex web of... 