TY - JOUR
T1 - On the question of educational purpose
T2 - Complex educational systems analysis for inclusion
AU - Schuelka, Matthew
AU - Engsig, Thomas
PY - 2020/1/16
Y1 - 2020/1/16
N2 - Education systems are made up of individuals, groups, identities, cultures, institutions, discourses, networks, histories, relationships, and so on. In other words, educational systems are complex. Enter into this complexity the issue of inclusion from/for a heterogenous society and how these complex systems can be designed and – specifically for our purposes – analysed. In this article, we propose a new conceptual framework for assisting in the understanding of inclusion in complex educational systems: Complex Educational Systems Analysis (CESA), and its visual representation via the CESA Cube (CESA3). At the very heart of CESA is the question of educational purpose. Why school? What is education for? These questions have direct implications in how we understand educational systems and, indeed, how we understand inclusion within these systems.
AB - Education systems are made up of individuals, groups, identities, cultures, institutions, discourses, networks, histories, relationships, and so on. In other words, educational systems are complex. Enter into this complexity the issue of inclusion from/for a heterogenous society and how these complex systems can be designed and – specifically for our purposes – analysed. In this article, we propose a new conceptual framework for assisting in the understanding of inclusion in complex educational systems: Complex Educational Systems Analysis (CESA), and its visual representation via the CESA Cube (CESA3). At the very heart of CESA is the question of educational purpose. Why school? What is education for? These questions have direct implications in how we understand educational systems and, indeed, how we understand inclusion within these systems.
KW - complexity
KW - educational purpose
KW - educational utility
KW - inclusion
KW - systems analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078594438&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13603116.2019.1698062
DO - 10.1080/13603116.2019.1698062
M3 - Article
SN - 1360-3116
JO - International Journal of Inclusive Education
JF - International Journal of Inclusive Education
ER -