Open AccessBeyond Teaching Methods: A Complexity Approach
Author(s) -
Bernard P. Ricca
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
complicity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1710-5668
DOI - 10.29173/cmplct17985
Subject(s) - enculturation , improvisation , curriculum , social connectedness , mathematics education , perspective (graphical) , reflection (computer programming) , teaching method , pedagogy , computer science , psychology , art , artificial intelligence , visual arts , psychotherapist , programming language
A complexivist perspective to teaching critiques the commonplace teaching "methods" and illuminates alternative approaches to teaching and teacher preparation. Focusing on system growth, the mutual influence of systems on one another, and nonlinear connectedness of systems, this paper defines four important components to teaching: A need for mutual influence among teachers, students, the content being taught and the curriculum; enculturation into a scholarly community; reflection on the part of teachers and students; and a need for teacher improvisation. The implication of these components for teacher preparation is then examined.