Systems Research and Behavioral Science articles from July 2001

Systems Research and Behavioral Science archives from July 2001

Designing Educational Systems for the Twenty-First Century.
July 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION At no time, in the history of humanity, has education faced greater challenges, and relatedly, been confronted with greater responsibility, than now as we enter a new millennium. Cultural and economic globalization has...

We Enter the Twenty-First Century with Schooling Designed in the Nineteenth.
July 1, 2001... On all accounts, education today is not only the biggest domestic issue but it has become the top national security issue. Several decades ago the launch of Sputnik brought the inadequacy of science education into focus. Today, the cultural...

On the Opening of Society: Towards a More Open and Flexible Educational System(a).
July 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Almost 30 years ago Ivan Illich (1971) harshly criticized a system of education which had evolved in the West during previous centuries and was being exported to the `developing' countries. The core of his criticisms was that...

The Epistemological Foundations of Evolutionary Systems Design(a).
July 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Evolutionary Systems Design (ESD) is a relatively recent contribution to the field of the social systems sciences. It responds to a need for a future-creating design praxis that embraces not only human interests and lifespans...

Appreciative Design(a).
July 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is a `cooperative search for the best in people, their organizations, and the world around them (Cooperrider and Whitney, 1999a, p. 10). AI differs from traditional organizational interventions in...

Narrative Inquiry: Designing the Processes, Pathways and Patterns of Change(a).
July 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Traditional inquiry methods have focused on improving education by examining the components of the system with the intent to improve or restructure these components within a clearly bounded educational system. This approach...

Activity Theory and the Design of Educational Systems: Examining the Mediational Importance of Conversation(a).
July 1, 2001... INTRODUCTION Educational systems design, largely communicative in nature, depends on discourse as a semiotic tool for mediation within the cognitive, cultural, and creative activities essential to overcoming deep sociohistorical patterns...

Post-Formal Design Conversation: Designing Just and Caring Educational Systems.
July 1, 2001... THE PROBLEM In the USA, the continuing criticism of education indicates that efforts to improve education generally continue to be poorly designed. Attempts to ideally design large-scale change, such as vouchers and standards, are...

The 46th Annual Meeting and Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), Shanghai, PR China, 2-6 August 2002 (second announcement: conference theme and call for papers).
July 1, 2001... The 46th Annual Meeting and Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), Shanghai, PR China, 2-6 August 2002 (second announcement: conference theme and call for papers) The theme of the 46th ISSS Annual Meeting...