Systemic environmental decision making: Designing learning systems

Kybernetes

Volumn 36, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1340-1361

  Ison, Ray ^a   Blackmore, Chris ^a   Collins, Kevin ^a   Furniss, Pam ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Decision making; Learning; Research

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; CYBERNETICS; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EDUCATION POLICIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; LEARNING; PROJECT MANAGERS; REFLECTIVE PRACTICES; SECOND ORDER DESIGNS; SYSTEMS THINKING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 36448996680     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03684920710827346     Document Type: Article

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