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Making educational development and change sustainable: Insights from complexity theory
- Source :
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International Journal of Educational Development . Mar2009, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p117-124. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- This article considers the challenge of sustainable change and development in education from the perspective of complexity theory. Complexity theory’s concept of emergence implies that, given a significant degree of complexity in a particular environment, new properties and behaviours emerge that are not necessarily contained in the essence of the constituent elements, or easily able to be predicted from a knowledge of initial conditions. These concepts of emergent phenomena from a critical mass, associated with notions of lock-in, path dependence, and inertial momentum, contribute to a perspective on continuity and change that indicates what conditions might need to be in place for the emergence of sustainable, positive, system-wide change and development in education. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07380593
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Educational Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36565218
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2008.09.005