Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education

1. Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education (Mark Mason).

2. Educational Philosophy and the Challenge of Complexity Theory (Keith Morrison).

3. What Is Complexity Theory and What Are Its Implications for Educational Change? (Mark Mason).

4. Complexity and Education: Vital simultaneities (Brent Davis).

5. Three Generations of Complexity Theories: Nuances and ambiguities (Michel Alhadeff-Jones).

6. Re-reading Dewey through the Lens of Complexity Science, or: On the Creative Logic of Education (Inna Semetsky).

7. Foucault as Complexity Theorist: Overcoming the problems of classical philosophical analysis (Mark Olssen).

8. Complex Systems and Educational Change: Towards a new research agenda (Jay L. Lemke and Nora H. Sabelli).

9. Human Research and Complexity Theory (James Horn).

10. Complexity and Truth in Educational Research (Mike Radford).

11. ‘Knowledge Must Be Contextual’: Some possible implications of complexity and dynamic systems theories for educational research (Tamsin Haggis).

12. Complexity and Educational Research: A critical reflection (Lesley Kuhn).

13. Complexity and the Culture of Curriculum (William E. Doll).

14. From Representation to Emergence: Complexity's challenge to the epistemology of schooling (Deborah Osberg, Gert Biesta and Paul Cilliers).

15. Educating Consciousness through Literary Experiences (Dennis Sumara, Rebecca Luce-Kapler and Tammy Iftody).

Notes on Contributors.

Index.