Complex Dynamical Systems in Education: Concepts, Methods and Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction to Education as a Complex Dynamical System....Pages 1-7
Re-searching Methods in Educational Research: A Transdisciplinary Approach....Pages 9-21
A Batesonian Perspective on Qualitative Research and Complex Human Systems....Pages 23-37
Emergence, Self-Transcendence, and Education....Pages 39-57
Opening the Wondrous World of the Possible for Education: A Generative Complexity Approach....Pages 59-92
Towards the Teaching of Motor Skills as a System of Growing Complexity....Pages 93-103
The Fractal Dynamics of Early Childhood Play Development and Nonlinear Teaching and Learning....Pages 105-118
Ergodicity and the Merits of the Single Case....Pages 119-139
Catastrophe Theory: Methodology, Epistemology, and Applications in Learning Science....Pages 141-175
Evaluating Complex Educational Systems with Quadratic Assignment Problem and Exponential Random Graph Model Methods....Pages 177-201
“Looking at” Educational Interventions: Surplus Value of a Complex Dynamic Systems Approach to Study the Effectiveness of a Science and Technology Educational Intervention....Pages 203-232
Analyzing Teacher–Student Interactions with State Space Grids....Pages 233-271
Nonlinear Dynamical Interaction Patterns in Collaborative Groups: Discourse Analysis with Orbital Decomposition....Pages 273-297
Investigating the Long Memory Process in Daily High School Attendance Data....Pages 299-321
Educational Systems and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality: A Complex Dynamical Systems Perspective....Pages 323-343
The Symbolic Dynamics of Visual Attention During Learning: Exploring the Application of Orbital Decomposition....Pages 345-378
A Catastrophe Model for Motivation and Emotions: Highlighting the Synergistic Role of Performance-Approach and Performance-Avoidance Goal Orientations....Pages 379-394
Back Matter....Pages 395-412