On the creative logic of education, or: Re-reading dewey through the lens of complexity science

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-95

  Semetsky, Inna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Communication; Experience; Habit; Learning; Non linearity; Novelty; Self organisation; Transaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349130747     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2007.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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