Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show how to enact a Batesonian system to teaching an ecology of mind course. Design/methodology/approach: The approach develops a practical framework for teaching with examples of teaching approaches and student work. Findings: The overarching approach involves a depth-abstraction-abduction model. This model was used to engage students in examining a variety of transdisciplinary phenomena with emphasis on contexts, meaning, multiple perspectives, stories, relationships and systems, patterns, and epistemology. Epistemological shocks and shifts were a common occurrence. Originality/value: This work is unique in that it focuses on a course based upon the film: "An ecology of mind: a daughter's portrait of Gregory Bateson".
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1346-1353 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Kybernetes |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- Complex systems
- Complexity
- Curricula
- Ecology of mind
- Epistemological shock
- Epistemology
- Gregory Bateson
- Learning
- Relationship
- Teaching
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Computer Science (miscellaneous)
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)