From representation to emergence: Complexity's challenge to the epistemology of schooling

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 213-227

  Osberg, Deborah ^a   Biesta, Gert ^b   Cilliers, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Complexity; Emergence; Epistemology; Representation; Schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349156422     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2007.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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