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. Part I is concerned with global issues around complexity thinking, as read through an educational lens. Part II cites a diversity of practices and studies that are either explicitly informed by or that might be aligned with complexity research, and offers focused and practiced advice for structuring projects in ways that are consistent with complexity thinking. 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.

Complexity and Education: Inquiries Into Learning, Teaching, and Research

Politics & Social Sciences

Davis, Brent

Sumara, Dennis

Social Sciences

Routledge

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. Part I is concerned with global issues around complexity thinking, as read through an educational lens. Part II cites a diversity of practices and studies that are either explicitly informed by or that might be aligned with complexity research, and offers focused and practiced advice for structuring projects in ways that are consistent with complexity thinking. 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.

Engaging Minds: Changing Teaching in Complex Times

Engaging Minds is an introduction to current interdisciplinary studies of teaching and learning to teach. It offers practical suggestions for teachers in the context of critical examinations of assumptions and norms that frame formal education. Topics include: <ul>
<li>knowing</li> <ul>
<li>beliefs about the nature of knowledge 
</li> <li>biological and cultural roots of perception</li> <li>deconstructions of norms, normality, and normalism</li> <li>the embodied nature of memory and knowledge</li> </ul>
</ul> <ul>
<li>learning</li> <ul>
<li>transdisciplinary studies of learning and learning systems</li> <li>historical and contemporary perspectives on learning</li> <li>the learning of intelligence and creativity</li> <li>learning technologies and human possibility</li> </ul>
</ul> <ul>
<li>teaching:</li> <ul>
<li>historical and emergent conceptions of teaching 
</li> <li>inclusive and critical emphases in education</li> <li>the pragmatics of pedagogy</li> <li>the ethics of a pedagogy of/for global citizenship</li>
</ul>
</ul>
New in this Edition: <ul>
<li>Elaborated discussions of critical and political perspectives on teaching and learning</li> <li>Elaborated discussions of issues of technology in education</li> <li>Integration of Indigenous, Eastern, and other perspectives on learning and teaching</li> <li>Integration of case studies into research-based conceptual discussions</li> </ul> Written for undergraduate students in teacher education, experienced teachers, and graduate students, this is an ideal text for courses in curriculum and instruction, learning theory, social foundations of education, and human development. It is also an excellent companion volume for any subject-specific teaching methods course.

Education & Teaching

Luce-Kapler, Rebecca

Schools & Teaching

Engaging Minds is an introduction to current interdisciplinary studies of teaching and learning to teach. It offers practical suggestions for teachers in the context of critical examinations of assumptions and norms that frame formal education. Topics include:    knowing  beliefs about the nature of knowledge biological and cultural roots of perception   deconstructions of norms, normality, and normalism   the embodied nature of memory and knowledge     learning    transdisciplinary studies of learning and learning systems   historical and contemporary perspectives on learning   the learning of intelligence and creativity   learning technologies and human possibility     teaching:    historical and emergent conceptions of teaching inclusive and critical emphases in education   the pragmatics of pedagogy   the ethics of a pedagogy of/for global citizenship New in this Edition:  Elaborated discussions of critical and political perspectives on teaching and learning Elaborated discussions of issues of technology in education Integration of Indigenous, Eastern, and other perspectives on learning and teaching Integration of case studies into research-based conceptual discussions    Written for undergraduate students in teacher education, experienced teachers, and graduate students, this is an ideal text for courses in curriculum and instruction, learning theory, social foundations of education, and human development. It is also an excellent companion volume for any subject-specific teaching methods course.

Engaging Minds: Cultures of Education and Practices of Teaching

Engaging Minds: Cultures of Education and Practices of Teaching explores the diverse beliefs and practices that define the current landscape of formal education. The 3rd edition of this introduction to interdisciplinary studies of teaching and learning to teach is restructured around four prominent historical moments in formal education: Standardized Education, Authentic Education, Democratic Citizenship Education, Systemic Sustainability Education. These moments serve as the foci of the four sections of the book, each with three chapters dealing respectively with history, epistemology, and pedagogy within the moment. This structure makes it possible to read the book in two ways – either "horizontally" through the four in-depth treatments of the moments or "vertically" through coherent threads of history, epistemology, and pedagogy. Pedagogical features include suggestions for delving deeper to get at subtleties that can’t be simply stated or appreciated through reading alone, several strategies to highlight and distinguish important vocabulary in the text, and more than 150 key theorists and researchers included among the search terms and in the Influences section rather than a formal reference list.

Engaging Minds

Engaging Minds: Cultures of Education and Practices of Teaching explores the diverse beliefs and practices that define the current landscape of formal education. The 3rd edition of this introduction to interdisciplinary studies of teaching and learning to teach is restructured around four prominent historical moments in formal education: Standardized Education, Authentic Education, Democratic Citizenship Education, Systemic Sustainability Education. These moments serve as the foci of the four sections of the book, each with three chapters dealing respectively with history, epistemology, and pedagogy within the moment. This structure makes it possible to read the book in two ways – either "horizontally" through the four in-depth treatments of the moments or "vertically" through coherent threads of history, epistemology, and pedagogy. Pedagogical features include suggestions for delving deeper to get at subtleties that can’t be simply stated or appreciated through reading alone, several strategies to highlight and distinguish important vocabulary in the text, and more than 150 key theorists and researchers included among the search terms and in the Influences section rather than a formal reference list.

Davis DC, Brent

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Complexity and Education: Inquiries Into Learning, Teaching, and Research

Complexity and Education: Inquiries Into Learning, Teaching, and Research

Engaging Minds: Changing Teaching in Complex Times

Engaging Minds: Changing Teaching in Complex Times

Engaging Minds

Engaging Minds: Cultures of Education and Practices of Teaching