{"product_id":"complexity-theory-and-the-philosophy-of-education-9781405180429","title":"Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword: Complexity and knowledge systems xi\u003cbr\u003e Michael A. Peters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education 1\u003cbr\u003e Mark Mason\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Educational Philosophy and the Challenge of Complexity Theory 16\u003cbr\u003e Keith Morrison\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 What Is Complexity Theory and What Are Its Implications for Educational Change? 32\u003cbr\u003e Mark Mason\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Complexity and Education: Vital simultaneities 46\u003cbr\u003e Brent Davis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Three Generations of Complexity Theories: Nuances and ambiguities 62\u003cbr\u003e Michel Alhadeff-Jones\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Re-reading Dewey through the Lens of Complexity Science, or: On the creative logic of education 79\u003cbr\u003e Inna Semetsky\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Foucault as Complexity Theorist: Overcoming the problems of classical philosophical analysis 91\u003cbr\u003e Mark Olssen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Complex Systems and Educational Change: Towards a new research agenda 112\u003cbr\u003e Jay L. Lemke \u0026amp; Nora H. Sabelli\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Human Research and Complexity Theory 124\u003cbr\u003e James Horn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Complexity and Truth in Educational Research 137\u003cbr\u003e Mike Radford\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 ‘Knowledge Must Be Contextual’: Some possible implications of complexity and dynamic systems theories for educational research 150\u003cbr\u003e Tamsin Haggis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Complexity and Educational Research: A critical reflection 169\u003cbr\u003e Lesley Kuhn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Complexity and the Culture of Curriculum 181\u003cbr\u003e William E. Doll\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 From Representation to Emergence: Complexity’s challenge to the epistemology of schooling 204\u003cbr\u003e Deborah Osberg, Gert Biesta \u0026amp; Paul Cilliers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Educating Consciousness through Literary Experiences 218\u003cbr\u003e Dennis Sumara, Rebecca Luce-Kapler \u0026amp; Tammy Iftody\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 231\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407911166295,"sku":"9781405180429","price":19.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405180429.jpg?v=1730500932","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/complexity-theory-and-the-philosophy-of-education-9781405180429","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}