Complex Dynamical Systems in Education
Overview
- Editors:
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Matthijs Koopmans
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School of Education, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, USA
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Dimitrios Stamovlasis
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Department of Philosophy and Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Applies complex dynamical systems (CDS) approaches specifically to education
- Captures the dynamical processes hypothesized in the dynamical literature, such as emergence, second order change, and sensitive dependence on initial conditions
- Presents some of the most recent developments in the area of dynamical systems
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
About this book
This book capitalizes on the developments in dynamical systems and education by presenting some of the most recent advances in this area in seventeen non-overlapping chapters. The first half of the book discusses the conceptual framework of complex dynamical systems and its applicability to educational processes. The second half presents a set of empirical studies that
that illustrate the use of various research methodologies to investigate complex dynamical processes in education, and help the reader appreciate what we learn about dynamical processes in education from using these approaches.
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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- Matthijs Koopmans, Dimitrios Stamovlasis
Pages 1-7
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- Umberto Cesar Corrêa, Walter Roberto Correia, Go Tani
Pages 93-103
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- Russ Marion, Craig Schreiber
Pages 177-201
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- Sabine van Vondel, Henderien Steenbeek, Marijn van Dijk, Paul van Geert
Pages 203-232
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- Helena J. M. Pennings, Tim Mainhard
Pages 233-271
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- Porfirio Guevara, Emilio Porta
Pages 323-343
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- Joanna K. Garner, Daniel M. Russell
Pages 345-378
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- Georgios Sideridis, Dimitrios Stamovlasis
Pages 379-394
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Back Matter
Pages 395-412
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Education, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, USA
Matthijs Koopmans
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Department of Philosophy and Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dimitrios Stamovlasis
About the editors
Matthijs Koopmans is Associate Professor and Assessment Coordinator at the School of Education at Mercy College. His professional interests include the application of complex dynamical systems approaches in education, cause and effect relationships and nonlinear time series. He published numerous research articles and book reviews in peer-reviewed journals including Evaluation and Program Planning; Nonlinear, Dynamics, Psychology and Life Sciences, and Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity in Education. He is one of the editors of Chaos and Complexity in Psychology: The Theory of Nonlinear Dynamics, published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. He earned his Doctorate in 1988 at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Dimitrios Stamovlasis is Assistant Professor of Research Methodology and Applied Statistics in Social Science at the Aristotle University, Department of Philosophy and Education. His research interests are interdisciplinary and they focus: on methodologicaland epistemological issues of contemporary social sciences that improve theory building; on nonlinear dynamics (complexity, catastrophe theory, entropy, and related fields) and their application to social, behavioral and life sciences; on specific research endeavors in the area of educational research concerning neo-Piagetian theories, learning, science education, problem solving, creativity and group dynamics. He published numerous research articles in peer-reviewed journals, and he served as a guest editor in the Special Issue of Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology and Life Science (2014) focused on Nonlinear Dynamics in Education. He earned his PhD at the University of Ioannina (2001) and he also holds a M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from University of Hawaii, an MBA, and a M. Sc. in Statistics from University of Athens.