What’s Complexity Got to Do With Education? Complexity Theory as a Theoretical Framework for Educational Spaces

• In Event: Sunday Roundtable 9:45 am
  In Roundtable Session: Complexity Theories in Education: Roundtable (Table 14)

Abstract

The environments of educational spaces are often complex, deeply inter-relational, and highly dynamic. The ebbs and flows of interaction as both teacher and student seek to achieve their individual and collective goals. This presentation seeks to explore the ways in which complexity theory serves as a framework for both interpreting educational spaces as a complex dynamic system and explaining these complex interactions and collaborations that unfold among varying actors. We offer both an understanding of the ideas of complexity and their applications in constructing educational environments.

Author

• Serina A. Cinnamon, University of North Carolina - Pembroke