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Complexity thinking in physical education : reframing curriculum, pedagogy, and research

Call no.

: 613.71/COM

Author

: edited by Alan Ovens, Tim Hopper, and Joy Butler

Contributor

: Kian Anak Tungku

Summary

In the past two decades, complexity thinking has emerged as an important theoretical response to the limitations of orthodox ways of understanding educational phenomena. Complexity provides ways of understanding that embrace uncertainty, non-linearity and the inevitable ‘messiness’ that is inherent in educational settings, paying attention to the ways in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This is the first book to focus on complexity thinking in the context of physical education, enabling fresh ways of thinking about research, teaching, curriculum and learning.