Situating Complexity: Relational Epistemologies and Complex Systems Thinking

Tipo de material
Tese Doutorado
Autor Principal
Olson, Izabel Cristina
Sexo
Mulher
Orientador
Medin, Douglas
Ano de Publicação
2015
Local da Publicação
Ann Arbor
Programa
Social Policy to Education and Social Policy - Human Development and Social Policy
Instituição
Northwestern University
Página Final
114
Idioma
Inglês
Palavras chave
Psychology
Education
Cognition
Complex systems
Complex systems thinking
Resumo

Complex systems are sets of related entities that, when interacting, produce consequences that are more than the sum of their parts. Previous research in the learning sciences tradition has repeatedly suggested these systems are difficult to understand and counterintuitive to students. However, in the face of a long body of work on cognitive diversity across peoples, it is hard to believe that these results generalize across every population in the world. This paper goes beyond traditionally used learning sciences samples to investigate the relationship between cultural epistemologies and practices and reasoning about complex economic phenomena. Samples were taken from a working-class (favela) and a middle-class background in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The data suggests that complex systems thinking outcomes are affected by both cultural epistemologies and practices.

 

Disciplina
Referência Espacial
Cidade/Município
Rio de Janeiro
Macrorregião
Sudeste
Brasil
Habilitado
UF
Rio de Janeiro
Referência Temporal
N/I
Localização Eletrônica
https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/situating-complexity-relational-epistemologies/docview/1667442788/se-2?accountid=11091