The Emergence of Complexity: Rethinking Education as a Social Science

by David Beckett and Paul Hager

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030318370
• ISBN13: 9783030318376
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"