Human research and complexity theory

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 130-143

  Horn, James ^a  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous systems; Change; Complexity theory and education; Educational research; Self organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349108753     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2007.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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