Theory of education / David A. Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, David A. (Professor of education)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Physical Description:

ix, 205 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2004]

Contents:

Chapter 1 Stuck in the Mud with the Wheels Spinning 1

Chapter 2 Clearing the Ground 15

Laws and Scientific Method 16

Game Theory Models 25

Chapter 3 Large Scale Statistical Survey Methods 35

Statistical Methods 35

From Description to Policy 45

Chapter 4 Action Research 53

A Critique of Scientific Method 53

The Implications of the Critique 59

Chapter 5 Postmodernism 67

'Theory' as a range of activities 68

Theory as the search for abstract generalisations 69

Theory as opposed to creativity 71

Chapter 6 Game Theory and Individual Choice in Schooling 77

Game Theory and Policy 78

Two Person Zero Sum Games 82

Games Against Nature 85

Mixed Strategies 91

Chapter 7 Linear Programming and Sociological Laws 99

Sociological Laws 101

Planning Decisions in a School 105

Attainability and Sustainability 112

Chapter 8 Linear Programming and Educational Policy 123

A Rule Governed Funding System 124

Impact of the Rules on Different Institutions 131

Overall Policy Objectives and Policy Instruments 138

Chapter 9 Group Decision Making 143

A Model Classroom 144

Arrow's Impossibility Theorem 147

Muddling Towards a Policy 155

Chapter 10 Chaos and Complexity 161

Emergence and Iteration 165

Feedback Loops 167

Unpredictability 170

Sensitivity to Initial Conditions, or The Butterfly Effect 171

Complexity and Management 174

Complexity and a Reassertion of Values 179

Modernism 187

Critique of Modernism 190

Postmodernism 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826472575

OCLC:

56080375