[net-gold] Systems Theory and Curriculum Design
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- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 06:07:11 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 15:12:30 -0700
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Systems Theory and Curriculum Design
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ABSTRACT: PhysLrnR's Alfred Louro pointed to Marion Brady's
Washington Post comment <http://wapo.st/OmgXvY> (paraphrased): "I
think the tests and the Common Core State Standards
<http://www.corestandards.org/> on which they're based are blocking
consideration of the most promising educational innovation in the
last century - the use of general systems theory as a tool for
reshaping and radically simplifying the 'core curriculum.' "
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Brady has explained his systems-based curriculum in his book "What's
Worth Learning" at <http://bit.ly/fAaI6Z> - for comments see e.g.
Bernstein at <http://bit.ly/htqJQN> and Hake at
<http://bit.ly/fA8aC6>.
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For an introduction to "Systems Thinking" see "Over Two-Hundred
Annotated References on Systems Thinking" [Hake (2009)] at
<http://bit.ly/9gZdXU> (1.7 MB).
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Alfredo Louro (2012) in a post titled "From Concept Inventories to
better theories of knowledge" pointed to a passage in Marion Brady's
(2011) Washington Post commentary:
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"But my particular, personal beef is that the tests (and the Common
Core State Standards on which they're based) are blocking policymaker
consideration of what I believe to be the most promising educational
innovation in the last century - the use of general systems theory as
it developed during World War II as a tool for reshaping and
radically simplifying the "core curriculum."
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[For the Common Core State Standards (CCS) see
<http://www.corestandards.org/>. For commentary on the CCS see e.g.,
neutral- Strauss (2011), positive - Robelen (2012), and negative -
Ohanian (2012).
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Then Alfredo wrote: "I don't know much about general systems theory
applied to curriculum design."
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Marion Brady's has explained his systems-based curriculum in e.g.:
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a. "What's Worth Learning" [Brady (2010)];
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b. a Phi Delta Kappa article "Thinking Big: A Conceptual Framework
For The Study Of Everything" [Brady (2004)];
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c. on his homepage <http://www.marionbrady.com/>.
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It's conceivable that these posts on systems thinking might be of
value to Alfredo and others:
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1. "Over Two-Hundred Annotated References on Systems Thinking" [Hake (2009)],
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2. "Books for Laypersons on Systems Thinking #2" [Hake (2010a)],
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3. "Re: How can we make people fall in love with systems ideas?"
[Hake (2010b)],
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4. "Reform of STEM Education Requires A Systems Approach" [Hake (2012)].
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Links to Articles: <http://bit.ly/a6M5y0>
Links to SDI Labs: <http://bit.ly/9nGd3M>
Blog: <http://bit.ly/9yGsXh>
Twitter <http://bit.ly/juvd52>
GooglePlus: <http://bit.ly/KwZ6mE>
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"The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not
imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the
universe. . . . . at each level of complexity entirely new properties
appear, and the understanding of the new behaviors requires research
which I think is as fundamental in its nature as any other."
- P.W. Anderson in "More is Different" (1972)
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REFERENCES [All URL's accessed on 08 July 2012, most shortened by
<http://bit.ly/>.]
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Anderson, P.W. 1972. "More is Different: Broken symmetry and the
nature of the hierarchical structure of science," Science 177 (4047):
393-396; online as a 1.2 MB pdf at <http://bit.ly/e4Dv8D>.
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Bernstein, Kenneth J. 2011. Education Review 14, 17 March. Review of
"What's Worth Learning" by Marion Brady, online as a 307 kB pdf at
<http://bit.ly/htqJQN>.
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Brady, M. 2004. "Thinking Big: A Conceptual Framework For The Study
Of Everything," Phi Delta Kappan, December, pp. 276-281; downloadable
as a 135 kB pdf at <http://www.marionbrady.com/> (forth paragraph
under "Where I'm coming from."
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Brady, Marion. 2010. "What's Worth Learning." Information Age
Publishing, publisher's information at <http://bit.ly/fAaI6Z>, note
the fre download of Appendix materials, Amazon.com information at
http://amzn.to/hV9irc. An expurgated Google book preview is online at
http://bit.ly/hWpklM>. See the commentary by Bernstein (2011) and
Hake (2011).
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Brady, M. 2011a. "The complete list of problems with high-stakes
standardized tests," online at
<http://wapo.st/OmgXvY>. Guest opinion on Valerie Strauss' "The
Answer Sheet," Washington Post, 01 Nov 04:00-0400.
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Hake, R.R. 2009. "Over Two-Hundred Annotated References on Systems
Thinking," online as a 1.7 MB pdf at <http://bit.ly/9gZdXU>. The
abstract and link to the complete post are on my website "Hake's Ed
Stuff" at <http://bit.ly/duhqLE> with a provision for comments For
other related posts go to "Hake's Ed Stuff" at
<http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com/> and scroll down to and click on
"Systems Thinking" under "Labels" in the right-hand column.
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Hake, R.R. 2010a. "Books for Laypersons on Systems Thinking #2,"
online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/npq5oy>. Post
of 9 May 2010 18:55:55-0700 to AERA-L and NetGold. The abstract and
link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion
lists and are also online on my blog "HakesEdStuff" at
<http://bit.ly/nt1ma5> with a provision for comments.
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Hake, R.R. 2010b. "Re: How can we make people fall in love with
systems ideas?" online on the OPEN AERA-L archives at
<http://bit.ly/9xg49D>. Post of 16 Nov 2010 09:38:10-0800 to AERA-L,
Eval-Sys, & Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are
being transmitted to various discussion lists and are online on my
blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/du4MJL>.
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Hake, R.R. 2011. "What's Worth Learning?" online on the OPEN! AERA-L
archives at <http://bit.ly/fA8aC6>. Post of 29 Mar 2011 29 Mar 2011
17:23:33-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the
complete post were distributed to various discussion lists and are on
my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/ih595T>.
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Hake, R.R. 2012. "Reform of STEM Education Requires A Systems
Approach," online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at
<http://bit.ly/xcv0bR>. Post of 25 Jan 2012 11:12:56-0800 to AERA-L
and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post were
transmitted to several discussion lists and are on my blog
"Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/A25rhg>.
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Lurio, A. 2010, "From Concept Inventories to better theories of
knowledge," online on the CLOSED! PhysLrnR archives at
<http://bit.ly/M7QVLt>. Post of 3 Jul 2012 09:29:19-0600 to PhysLrnR.
To access the archives of PhysLnR one needs to subscribe :-(, but
that takes only a few minutes by clicking on <http://bit.ly/nG318r>
and then clicking on "Join or Leave PHYSLRNR-LIST." If you're busy,
then subscribe using the "NOMAIL" option under "Miscellaneous." Then,
as a subscriber, you may access the archives and/or post messages at
any time, while receiving NO MAIL from the list!
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Ohanian, S. 2012. "Common Core State [sic] Standards," (the "sic" is
by Ohanian!) online at <http://susanohanian.org/core.php>.
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Robelen, E. 2012. "Researchers See Potential for Common Core to Boost
Learning." Education Week, 3 May; online at <http://bit.ly/Mf3abI>.
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Strauss, V. 2011. "Why Common Core Standards implementation is slow,"
online at <http://wapo.st/MaydsI>, the Answer Sheet, Washington Post,
16 Sept 04:00-0400.
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