{"product_id":"complexity-theory-and-the-philosophy-of-education-isbn-9781405180429","title":"Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education","description":"A collection of scholarly essays, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eComplexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e provides an accessible theoretical introduction to the topic of complexity theory while considering its broader implications for educational change.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains the contributions of complexity theory to philosophy of education, curriculum, and educational research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together new research by an international team of contributors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDebates issues ranging from the culture of curriculum, to the implications of work of key philosophers such as Foucault and John Dewey for educational change\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates 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?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\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 \u003cb\u003eDr. Mark Mason\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eChanging Education: Leadership, Innovation and Development in a Globalizing Asia Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e (2007).  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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eComplexity 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 interrelated and contingent factors that contribute to particular outcomes or phenomena.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume provides an accessible theoretical introduction to the topic of complexity theory while considering its broader implications for educational change. Essays from a distinguished group of experts illuminate the contributions of complexity theory to the philosophy of education, curriculum theory and practice, and educational research. The book will challenge many prevailing viewpoints in education and provide new insights into our understanding of education.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988960035045,"sku":"NP9781405180429","price":43.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405180429.jpg?v=1761782216","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/complexity-theory-and-the-philosophy-of-education-isbn-9781405180429","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}