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“debora hammond”

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  • The Science of Synthesis

    Exploring the Social Implications of General Systems Theory

    by Debora Hammond ...
    Debora Hammond's The Science of Synthesis explores the development of general systems theory and the individuals who gathered together around that idea to form the Society for General Systems Research. In examining the life and work of the SGSR's five founding members-Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Kenneth Boulding, Ralph Gerard, James Grier Miller, and Anatol Rapoport-Hammond traces the emergence of ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Learning as if People Really Mattered

    by Debora Hammond, Francisco Vazquez, Tony Mountain ...
    Narrated by Michael Toms ...

    Unabridged

    58 min

    Our world is facing more problems than we can count, and it's often difficult to see how we'll find the solutions. Many fear our education system is not producing the creative thinkers we'll need in the times ahead. But an innovative approach to education goes beyond traditional courses and classrooms to emphasize creativity and inspiration, so that students discover their own talents and get ... Read more

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  • The Open Mind

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  • Timewatch

    The Social Analysis of Time

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  • Working Knowledge

    Making the Human Sciences from Parsons to Kuhn

    by Joel Isaac ...
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    The first collection of the key works of the major curriculum studies scholar William E. Doll, Jr., this volume provides an overview of his scholarship over his fifty-year career and documents the theoretical and practical contribution he has made to the field . The book is organized in five thematic sections: Personal Reflections; Dewey, Piaget, Bruner, Whitehead: Process And Transformation; ... Read more

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  • Media Ecology

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    by Lance Strate ...
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