The Emergence of Complexity: Rethinking Education as a Social Science

ISBN-13: 9783030318376 Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication date: 10/12/2019 Series: Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education Edition description: 1st ed. 2019 Pages: 280 Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d) This book centres on a broadened view of complexity that will enrich engagement with complexity in the social sciences. The key idea is to employ complexity theory to develop a holistic account of practice, agency and expertise. In doing so, the book acknowledges and builds upon the relational character of reductive accounts. It draws upon recent theoretical work on complexity, emergence and relationality to develop a novel account of practice, agency and expertise in and for workplaces. Biological, psychological and social aspects of these are integrated. This novel account overcomes problems in current views of practice, agency and expertise, which suffer from reductive, or fragmented, analyses, based upon individuals, groups, or networks. In