Mason Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0736-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
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A collection of scholarly essays, Complexity Theory and thePhilosophy of Education provides an accessible theoreticalintroduction to the topic of complexity theory while consideringits broader implications for educational change.
* Explains the contributions of complexity theory to philosophyof education, curriculum, and educational research
* Brings together new research by an international team ofcontributors
* Debates issues ranging from the culture of curriculum, to theimplications of work of key philosophers such as Foucault and JohnDewey for educational change
* Demonstrates how social scientists and social and educationpolicy makers are drawing on complexity theory to answer questionssuch as: why is it that education decision-makers are so resistantto change; how does change in education happen; and what does ittake to make these changes sustainable?
* Considers changes in use of complexity theory; developedprincipally in the fields of physics, biology, chemistry, andeconomics, and now being applied more broadly to the socialsciences and to the study of education

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mason, Mark

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: Complexity and knowledge systems (Michael A. Peters).
1. Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education (MarkMason).
2. Educational Philosophy and the Challenge of Complexity Theory(Keith Morrison).
3. What Is Complexity Theory and What Are Its Implications forEducational Change? (Mark Mason).
4. Complexity and Education: Vital simultaneities (BrentDavis).
5. Three Generations of Complexity Theories: Nuances andambiguities (Michel Alhadeff-Jones).
6. Re-reading Dewey through the Lens of Complexity Science, or:On the Creative Logic of Education (Inna Semetsky).
7. Foucault as Complexity Theorist: Overcoming the problems ofclassical philosophical analysis (Mark Olssen).
8. Complex Systems and Educational Change: Towards a newresearch agenda (Jay L. Lemke and Nora H. Sabelli).
9. Human Research and Complexity Theory (James Horn).
10. Complexity and Truth in Educational Research (MikeRadford).
11. 'Knowledge Must Be Contextual': Some possibleimplications of complexity and dynamic systems theories foreducational research (Tamsin Haggis).
12. Complexity and Educational Research: A critical reflection(Lesley Kuhn).
13. Complexity and the Culture of Curriculum (William E.Doll).
14. From Representation to Emergence: Complexity's challenge tothe epistemology of schooling (Deborah Osberg, Gert Biesta and PaulCilliers).
15. Educating Consciousness through Literary Experiences (DennisSumara, Rebecca Luce-Kapler and Tammy Iftody).
Notes on Contributors.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Mark Mason is Associate Professor in Philosophy and Educational Studies in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong, where he is also Director of the Comparative Education Research Centre (CERC). He has written and edited a variety of books in the field, most recently Changing Education: Leadership, Innovation and Development in a Globalizing Asia Pacific (2007).