Artifacts From the Koan School: Evidence of Systemic Change From the Ground Up

• In Event: 66.077 - Systems Thinking in Individual-, School-, and District-Level Change, Innovation, and Policy

Abstract

It is not often that researchers or theorists set themselves with the type of ill-structured problems they pose to their learners. In the case of The Koan School, we sought to understand how one begin an educational systemic change out of thin air? In this paper presentation, we examine artifacts of learning, change, and community involvement through the products of students and the utterances posted on social media from students, teachers, and the community.

Authors

• Scott Joseph Warren, University of North Texas

• Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

• Alana S. Phillips, University of North Texas

• Pamela Jones Ponners, University of North Texas