Post-formal design conversation: Designing just and caring educational systems

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 361-371

  Horn Jr , Raymond A ^a  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical systems thinking; Idealized systems design; Opportunity initiated systems design; Post formal design conversation; Post formal thinking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035620050     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.430     Document Type: Article

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