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COMPLEXITY SCIENCE AND EDUCATION - Bibliography
This list provides a guided bibliography to literature published mainly, but not exclusively, over the last two decades, on the subject of the complexity science and education. This bibliography is not exhaustive and additions are welcomed and suggestions gratefully received. It is intended as the starting point for the development of an on–going bibliography.
- Davis, B., Sumara D., (2006) Complexity Science and Educational Action Research: toward a pragmatics of transformation, Educational Action Research, 13, 3, pp. 454-465.
- Mandelbrot, Benoît B., Hudson Richard L., Il disordine dei mercati, Einaudi, 2005
- Smitherman, Sarah, Chaos and Complexity Theories: A Conversation, Louisiana State University 2004.
http://ccaerasig.com/papers/04/Smitherman-CCT.pdf - Reigeluth, Charles M., Chaos Theory and the Sciences of Complexity: Foundations for Transforming Education, Indiana University 2004.
http://ccaerasig.com/papers/04/Reigeluth-Chaos2004.pdf - Sanders T. Irene, McCabe Judith, The Use of Complexity Science : a Survery of Federal Departments and Agencies, Private Foundations, Universities, and Independent Education and Research Centers, Washington Center for Complexity and Public Policy, 2003.
http://www.hcs.ucla.edu/DoEreport.pdf - Lemke, Jay L., Complex Systems and Educational Change, City University of New York 2002
- Cunningham, Rod, Chaos, Complexity and the study of Education Communities, Institute of Education 2000.
http://www.ioe.ac.uk/ccs/conference2000/papers/tpm/papers/cunningham.html - Mandelbrot, Benoît B., Gli oggetti frattali, Einaudi, 2000
- Bar-Yam, Miriam, Rhoades Kathleen, Booth Sweeney Linda, Complex systems perspectives on education and the education system, NECSI New England Complex Systems Institute, 2000
- Eoyang, Glenda H, Yellowthunder Lois, Ward Victor, A Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) Approach to Public Policy Decision Making Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology in the Life Sciences, 1998.
http://www.winternet.com/~eoyang/gstuff/SCTPLSPolicy.pdf - Eoyang, Glenda H., Berkas Thomas H., Evaluation in a Complex Adaptive System, 1998.
http://www.winternet.com/~eoyang/EvalinCAS.pdf - Kaufmann, Stuart, At home in the universe : the search for the laws of self-organization and complexity, Oxford University Press, 1995. Trad. italiana : A casa nell'universo : le leggi del caos e della complessita, Roma : Editori riuniti, 2001
- Waldrop, M. Mitchell, Complexity : the emerging science at the edge of order and chaos, London : Penguin, 1994. Trad. italiana : Complessità : uomini e idee al confine tra ordine e caos, Torino : Instar libri, 1995
- Nicolis, Gregoire, Prigogine, Ilya, Exploring Complexity: An Introduction, W.H. Freeman & Company, 1989
- Von Bertalanffy, Ludwig, General system theory : foundations, development, applications, George Braziller Publisher, 1976
