Formal education exhibits the defining properties of a complex system¶

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q1 i? The article asserts that education is a complex system characterised by superposition, substance-process synthesis, multiple layers and scales, mutual and reciprocal causality, distributed properties, and self-images that function within the dynamics. → Jörg 2007

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Jörg 2007¶

Jörg, T., Davis, B. & Nickmans, G. (2007). Towards a new, complexity science of learning and education. Educational Research Review, 2(2), 145–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2007.09.002

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Conceptual argument in Section 4.1, which enumerates six properties of complex systems (superposition, substance-process synthesis, multi-layered multi-scaled organisation, reciprocal causality, distributed properties, and functioning self-images) and applies them to classrooms and formal education.

"The assertion is that education is a complex system, with all the properties that are characteristic of a complex system, and that it is necessary for researchers, policy makers and educators to adapt their educational actions and decisions accordingly."

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