Complex Dynamical Systems in Education: Concepts, Methods and Applications

Introduction to Education as a ComplexDynamical System .- Complexity of School Environments and Educational Contexts.- A BatesonianPerspective on Qualitative Research and Complex Human Systems.- Emergence Self-Transcending and Education.- Opening the Wondrous World of the Possible for Education.- Towards the teaching ofmotor skills as a system of growing complexity.- The Fractal Dynamics ofEarly Childhood Play Development and Nonlinear Teaching and Learning.- Ergodicityand Merits of the Single Case.- Catastrophe Theory:Methodology, Epistemology and Applications in Learning Science.- Evaluating Complex Educational Systems withQuadratic Assignment Processes and Exponential Random Graph Model Methods.- Looking at' EducationalInterventions Surplus Value of aComplex Dynamic Systems Approach to Study the Effectiveness of a Science andTechnology Educational Intervention.- Analyzing teacher-student interactions withState Space Grids.- Nonlinear Dynamical Interaction Patterns inCollaborative Groups: Discourse Analysis with OrbitalDecomposition.- Investigating the Long Memory Process in DailyHigh School Attendance Data.- Educational Systems andthe Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality: A Complex Dynamical SystemsPerspective.- The Symbolic Dynamics of Visual Attention DuringLearning: Exploring the Application of Orbital Decomposition.- A catastrophe model formotivation and emotions: Highlighting theSynergistic Role of Performance-Approach and Performance-Avoidance GoalOrientations.