TY - GEN
T1 - Cultivating tipping points
T2 - 9th International Conference on Complex Networks, CompleNet 2018
AU - Cramer, Catherine
AU - Gera, Ralucca
AU - Labriole, Michaela
AU - Sayama, Hiroki
AU - Sheetz, Lori
AU - Towlson, Emma
AU - Uzzo, Stephen
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The authors would like to acknowledge the National Science Foundation (BCS Award #1027752 and DRL Award #1139478) and the US Army Research Office for supporting this important work.
Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Current education systems continue to be based predominantly on reduc-tionist mindsets in which teaching is conducted on a subject-by-subject and module-by-module basis. Improvement is planned and implemented using a linear, causal, independent-problem-to-solution approach, with very little consideration given to the interconnectedness among the various components and ideas involved in these complex knowledge systems. This situation presents a need to think about how understanding these connections can improve the learning of complex ideas. It also constitutes an opportunity to provide a multifaceted intervention for communities of learners, which would, itself, be a coordinated network of collaborative efforts to develop a network literate populace. In this paper, the authors describe addressing these issues through a multi-phase, multi-year approach to professional development with formal and informal educators; the outcomes of this work; and next steps.
AB - Current education systems continue to be based predominantly on reduc-tionist mindsets in which teaching is conducted on a subject-by-subject and module-by-module basis. Improvement is planned and implemented using a linear, causal, independent-problem-to-solution approach, with very little consideration given to the interconnectedness among the various components and ideas involved in these complex knowledge systems. This situation presents a need to think about how understanding these connections can improve the learning of complex ideas. It also constitutes an opportunity to provide a multifaceted intervention for communities of learners, which would, itself, be a coordinated network of collaborative efforts to develop a network literate populace. In this paper, the authors describe addressing these issues through a multi-phase, multi-year approach to professional development with formal and informal educators; the outcomes of this work; and next steps.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-73198-8_15
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-73198-8_15
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85054714590
SN - 9783319731971
T3 - Springer Proceedings in Complexity
SP - 175
EP - 183
BT - Springer Proceedings in Complexity
A2 - Cornelius, Sean
A2 - Coronges, Kate
A2 - Goncalves, Bruno
A2 - Sinatra, Roberta
A2 - Vespignani, Alessandro
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Y2 - 5 March 2018 through 8 March 2018
ER -