Using Complexity Thinking to Build Adaptive Capacity in Schools: an Analysis of Organizational Change in California
Description:
In response to reductionist neoliberal approaches to organizational change that have been prevalent in American education since the 1980s, some educators have begun to employ a whole-systems approach to improving student learning. These approaches, based in complexity sciences, recognize the nonlinear, unpredictable nature of learning and the interconnected relationships among myriad factors that influence the teaching/learning that occurs in schools. In the summer preceding the 2011-2012 sch…
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Date:
May 2014
Creator:
Martin, Teddi Eberly
Partner:
UNT Libraries