The wicked and complex in education: Developing a transdisciplinary perspective for policy formulation, implementation and professional practice

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-256

  Bore, Anne ^a   Wright, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Masters level profession; Reticulist; Social complexity; Tame problems; Trans disciplinary; Wicked problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149165593     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607470903091286     Document Type: Article

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