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Kyler, David Clinton – Journal of Environmental Education, 1984
Discusses conceptual models of thought that have recently emerged to confront the conventional approaches to analysis and solution to complex environmental problems. In addition to a critical attack on the tradition of specialization and reductionism, several models are summarized that originated from ecology, cybernetics, and system theory. (BC)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Cybernetics, Decision Making, Ecology
Von Glasersfeld, Ernst – Scientific Reasoning Research Institute Newsletter, 1988
States that constructivism is a theory of knowledge which asserts that knowledge is not primarily received, but actively built, and that the function of cognition is adaptive and serves the organization of the experiential world. Gives a brief history and discusses impact of the constructivist approach. (RT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, College Science