Tag: complexity theory
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Complexity as a theory of education
Complexity theory is presented as an emerging transdisciplinary approach that is well-suited to making sense of the complex, adaptive, self-organising phenomena studied by educational researchers. The authors provide a theoretical framework for understanding the complex nature of learning environments, particularly in the context of digital innovation and blended learning.
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I enjoyed reading (January)
Constructivism in the shadow of a dead god (Michael Potter). Potter discusses how academics have dismissed positivism and objectivism only on a superficial level and these concepts are alive and well in the language, course outlines and physical structures of universities. We won’t be able to truly embrace ideas like social constructivism until we start…
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Complexity theory: learning in unfamiliar contexts
The following are notes I took while reading Fraser, SW & Greenhalgh, T. (2001). Coping with complexity: educating for capability. During the past 6 months or so I’ve found myself thinking more and more that the way we teach health professionals (at least, in my experience) has had too much of a focus on technical…