{"product_id":"learning-causality-in-a-complex-world-understandings-of-consequence-9781610488648","title":"Learning Causality in a Complex World:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat do children’s interactions on the playground have to do with foreign policy? How does science understanding in middle school relate to environmental disasters in third world countries? The causal patterns that we detect and how we act upon them pervade every aspect of our lives. These skills will only become more important in the future as our world becomes more global and more interconnected. Yet we aren’t very skilled at thinking about causality. Research shows that instead we rely on limiting default assumptions that can lead to poor choices in a complex world. What can we do about it? This book offers ways to become aware of these patterns and to reframe our thinking to become more effective learners and citizens of the world. Through examples and accessible explanations, it offers a causal curriculum to enable more effective learning so that we can put the power of better causal understanding to work for ourselves and the next generation— for today and tomorrow.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ability to understand complex causal relations in the world is becoming ever more important for students, workers, and leaders. For many years, Tina Grotzer, one of the nation’s leading researchers on the development of scientific thinking, has focused her work on this cognitive capacity; she  has done more than anyone to elucidate how such complex forms of thinking can be acquired.  Her book on this topic will be of great interest to researchers, educators, parents, and others who want to see our children use their minds well. -- Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education\u003cbr\u003eAs humanity struggles to control it's self-destructive impacts on the natural world, Professor Grotzer's seminal book, teaching us all how better to understand and perhaps predict the consequences of our actions, could not come at a more critically important time. -- Eric Chivian, Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School\u003cbr\u003eCause and effect is usually considered as the relationship between one event (the cause) and the consequence of that event (the effect). There are no intervening factors: one thing makes another happen. Grotzer (Harvard Graduate School of Education) uses this simple linear causality, which most readers understand, as a comparison for five more causal patterns that she has identified through research: domino causality (effects that become causes), cyclic causality (loops and feedback), spiraling causality (escalation and de-escalation), mutual causality (symbiosis and bi-directionality), and relational causality (balances and differentials across time and distance). A teacher's understanding of these various causality patterns, in light of the 21st-century skill emphasis on critical thinking, would go a long way in helping students move beyond simplifying default assumptions. Understanding causal patterns, their characteristics, and why it is important to attend to this type of student thinking advances the development of scientific thinking in learners. However, the explanations of these patterns are overly complex and perhaps better suited for a researcher audience than a teacher audience. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCh 1: Introduction  Part 1: The Lure of Simple Causality  Ch 2: Simple Linear Causality: One Thing Makes Another Happen Ch 3: The Cognitive Science of Simple Causality: Why Do We Get Stuck?    Part 2: Getting Beyond Simple: A Set of Causal Patterns for the Curriculum  Ch 4: Domino Causality: Effects that Become Causes Ch 5: Cyclic Causality: Loops and Feedback Ch 6: Spiraling Causality: Escalation and De-escalation Ch 7: Mutual Causality: Symbiosis and Bi-Directionality Ch 8: Relational Causality: Balances and Differentials   Part 3: Features of Complex Causality and Our Related Default Assumptions  Ch 9: Across Time and Distance: Detecting Delayed and Distant Effects Ch 10: “What Happened?” vs. “What’s Going On?”: Thinking about Steady States Ch 11: What You Can’t See Does Matter: Attending to Obvious and Non-Obvious Causes Ch 12: It’s Not Always a Case of Who Did It: Minding Passive and Unintentional Causality Ch 13: Step by Step…Or Not: The Mind-Bending Concept of Simultaneous Causality Ch 14: Figuring Out What to Count On: Dealing with Stochastic Causality Ch 15: Isn’t Anybody in Charge Around Here?: Attending to Distributed Causality and Emergence   Part 4: Summing Up: The Implications for Helping a New Generation Understand Causal Complexity  Ch 16: Putting it All Together: Teaching for Causal Complexity","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041674854743,"sku":"9781610488648","price":34.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781610488648.jpg?v=1750951255","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/learning-causality-in-a-complex-world-understandings-of-consequence-9781610488648","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}