Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Vol. 56, No. 5, 2024)

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This paper is an exploratory analysis of preservice teachers' understandings of teaching as complex activity through the explicit use of complexity th…

The Future of Leadership is Collective

Margaret F Sloan researches the characteristics of effective leadership in complex global systems, suggesting purposes, styles and tactics.

Underlying complex systems, there is a rich web of interconnected components that determine the relational properties of the system. Yet, traditional methods used in education sciences often disregard the underlying complexity of the educational system and, consequently, its emergence phenomena.

I. Take Responsibility III. Practice Leadership Embrace complexity:  The world and how we live and work together are becoming increasingly interconnected and massively more complex. Complex problems have unique characteristics that make them impossible to solve in our old ways. We need to understand complexity better, how the world really works and how we can …

The increasingly complex and interdependent environmental, social, economic, and cultural challenges facing humanity within our biosphere indicate a clear need for societal transformation toward viable and life affirming futures. Learning ecosystems have the potential to unite diverse stakeholders in collective learning for mutually beneficial outcomes that lead toward desired futures for humanity and all life on Earth.

The field of philanthropy is exploring what it takes to achieve impact in complex environments. The terms adaptive and emergent strategy are beginning to be used, often interchangeably, to describe how funders can tackle complexity. In this article,

This paper explores the implications of viewing education as a complex system.

Mainstream Content and Means for Understanding the Education System Itself

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linkedin Innovation and transformation have always been part of education. Changing lives and making a difference are part of our work. We want things to be different, better, improved for our learners and society. However, innovation and transformation are […]

Complex adaptive systems offer higher education leaders a framework for understanding dramatic systemic change as well as approaches to engaging, mana

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory - Complexity science and its methodological applications have increased in popularity in social science during the last two decades. One key...

Collective impact is upending conventional wisdom on how we achieve social progress.