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Hong, Quan Nha; Bangpan, Mukdarut; Stansfield, Claire; Kneale, Dylan; O'Mara-Eves, Alison; Grootel, Leonie; Thomas, James – Research Synthesis Methods, 2022
Reviewing complex interventions is challenging because they include many elements that can interact dynamically in a nonlinear manner. A systems perspective offers a way of thinking to help understand complex issues, but its application in evidence synthesis is not established. The aim of this project was to understand how and why systems…
Descriptors: Intervention, Systems Approach, Evidence, Synthesis
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Greenhalgh, Joanne; Manzano, Ana – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2022
Context is a key concept in developing realist causal explanations but its conceptualisation has received comparatively less attention. We conducted a review to explore how context is conceptualised within realist reviews and evaluations. We purposively selected 40 studies to examine: How is context defined? And how is context operationalised in…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Realism, Causal Models, Definitions
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Riley, Barbara; Norman, Cameron D.; Best, Allan – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2012
There are tradeoffs in knowledge synthesis--for example, between comprehensiveness and timeliness, between generalisability and policy relevance. The tradeoffs are particularly challenging for public health. A growing international community is grappling with building more relevant and useful knowledge bases, to facilitate use of this knowledge in…
Descriptors: Public Health, Systems Approach, Synthesis
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Sibthorp, Jim; Jostad, Jeremy – Journal of Experiential Education, 2014
Many components of the social system interact with one another to produce group-level behavior that determines the functionality of the small group in outdoor adventure education (OAE). This article synthesizes the contemporary literature and theory regarding eight aspects of the OAE social system: (a) Macro Contextual Factors, (b) Student…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Outdoor Education, Educational Theories, Literature Reviews
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Massey, Robert F. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1986
Holistic epistemology of systems must neither reify the system nor obscure the dynamics of the members. The sometimes diverging perspectives of the psychodynamic/growth and structural/strategic approaches actually converge in the realization that personal experiencing and social structure are not dichotomous phenomena but are related through the…
Descriptors: Counseling Theories, Epistemology, Family Counseling, Group Dynamics
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Yeo, Roland K. – Learning Organization, 2005
Purpose: This paper aims to provide a literature synthesis of the learning organization and discuss several pertinent theoretical concepts on the subject. Design/methodology/approach: A range of works mainly from 1990-2004, which aim at providing a variety of perspectives on the learning organization, have been analyzed and discussed based on its…
Descriptors: Organizations (Groups), Learning Processes, Organizational Development, Theory Practice Relationship
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Herrmann, Thomas; Loser, Kai-Uwe; Jahnke, Isa – Learning Organization, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to show that for the successful development of socio-technical systems it is essential that various stakeholders are able to integrate their different knowledge and perspectives. A method that supports knowledge integration in the course of introduction and development of socio-technical systems is the…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Success, Context Effect, Technology
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Siirola, J. J. – Chemical Engineering Education, 1982
Process synthesis is the specification of chemical and physical operations and the selection and interconnection of equipment to implement these operations to effect desired chemical processing transformations. Optimization and evolutionary and systematic generation process synthesis approaches are described. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Chemical Industry, Chemical Reactions, Chemistry
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Andrews, Richard; Harlen, Wynne – Educational Research, 2006
Background: Systematic reviews of educational research require synthesis of the results from a range of studies. When these studies are diverse in nature and methodological approach, synthesis can be problematic. Purpose: To offer a critique of the process of synthesizing systematic reviews by considering the stages of the process and the problems…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Synthesis, Meta Analysis, Research Methodology
Hwang, Ahn-Sook – Educational Technology, 1995
Discusses the historical development of "hard" and "soft" systems thinking traditions and examines how these traditions have been understood and applied in the field of instructional development. Proposes the need for a synthesis of the two traditions in planning, implementing, and evaluating instructional programs. (AEF)
Descriptors: Holistic Evaluation, Instructional Development, Instructional Systems, Interpretive Skills
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Turvey, M. T.; Fitzpatrick, Paula – Child Development, 1993
After reviewing recent contributions to the field of motor development, suggests a pattern formation or dynamics approach to child development as an alternative to the conventional approaches emphasizing maturation (nativist), specific learning experiences (empiricist), cognitive stages (Piagetian), and strategies of encoding and retrieval…
Descriptors: Child Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Motor Development, Motor Reactions