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ERIC Number: EJ502903
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Adaptive Schools in a Quantum Universe.
Garmston, Robert; Wellman, Bruce
Educational Leadership, v52 n7 p6-12 Apr 1995
Information from quantum mechanics, chaos theory, fractal geometry, and the new biology can help educators rethink school-improvement approaches. Chaos and order exist simultaneously. Adaptability, the central operating principle of successful organizations, stems from five human energy fields: efficacy, flexibility, craftsmanship, consciousness, and interdependence. Adaptive schools are complex, nonlinear systems. (24 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Chaos Theory, Educational Improvement, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy, Feedback, Fractals, Futures (of Society), Leadership, Participative Decision Making, Quantum Mechanics, Scientific Concepts
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Facilitator Styles; Flexibility (Attitude)