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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462294603321

Autore

Trueit Donna

Titolo

Pragmatism, Postmodernism, and Complexity Theory [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

1-283-58543-X

9786613897886

0-203-13897-X

1-136-49335-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

Disciplina

375.001

375/.001

Soggetti

Education -- Curricula -- Philosophy

Postmodernism and education

Pragmatism

Education - Curricula - Philosophy

Education

Social Sciences

Theory & Practice of Education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Permissions; 1 Introduction; PART 1 Personal Reflections; 2 A Path Stumbled Upon (2009); 3 Looking Back to the Future: A Recursive Retrospective (2008); 4 Struggles with Spirituality (2002); 5 Memory of a Mentor: John Steven Mann (2009); PART 2 Dewey, Piaget, Bruner, Whitehead: Process and Transformation; 6 A Methodology of Experience, Part I (1972); 7 Developing Competence (1984); 8 Beyond Methods (2002); 9 Crafting an Experience (2004); 10 Piagetian Thought (2010); 11 Modes of Thought (2003)

12 Keeping Knowledge Alive (2005)13 Response to Proulx: Maturana Is Not a Constructivist- Nor Is Piaget (2008); PART 3 Modern/Post-



Modern: Structures, Forms, and Organization; 14 Modernism (2010); 15 Prigogine: A New Sense of Order (1986); 16 Post-Modernism's Utopian Vision (1990); 17 Structures of the Post-Modern (2011); PART 4 Complexity Thinking; 18 Recursions on Complexity (1998); 19 Complexity (2008); 20 Thinking Complexly (2010); PART 5 Reflections on Teaching; 21 The Educational Need to Re-invent the Wheel (1981); 22 Complexity in the Classroom (1989)

23 Reflections on Teaching: Developing the Non-Linear (1999)24 Classroom Management (2000); 25 Looking Forward (2006); 26 Da Xia Lecture: The Wisdom of John Dewey (2011); References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The first collection of the key works of the major curriculum studies scholar William E. Doll, Jr., this volume provides an overview of his scholarship over his fifty-year career and documents the theoretical and practical contribution he has made to the field . The book is organized in five thematic sections: Personal Reflections; Dewey, Piaget, Bruner, Whitehead: Process And Transformation; Modern/Post-Modern: Structures, Forms and Organization; Complexity Thinking; and Reflections on Teaching .The complicated intellectual trajectory through pragmatism, postmodernism and complexity



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910332356203321

Titolo

Ballistics / / editor, Charles Osheku

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : IntechOpen, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-83880-715-2

1-83880-656-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

623.51

Soggetti

Ballistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The edited volume Ballistics is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of engineered mechanics. The book comprises single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert from the respective research area. Each chapter is complete in itself but united under a common research study topic. This publication aims to provide a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors on engineered mechanics and opens new possible research paths for further novel developments.