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MacKinnon, Laurie Katherine; Miller, Dusty – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 1987
Explores the sociopolitical implications of the new epistemology and the Milan approach, concluding that, while second order cybernetics has greater potential to incorporate a radical social analysis, it has, nevertheless, failed to do so. The application of second order cybernetics in family therapy appears to be constrained by the sociopolitical…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Cybernetics, Epistemology
Koo, Charles M. – 1981
Noting that China has undergone tremendous social change in its three decades under the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist ideology, this paper contends that such change has triggered tension that upsets the equilibrium of the entire social system. The paper uses Talcott Parson's cybernetic communication model to explain the societal level changes that have…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cybernetics
Scheerens, Jaap; Demeuse, Marc – School Effectiveness & School Improvement, 2005
This article describes the process of theoretical reflection that preceded the development and empirical verification of a model of "effective school improvement". The focus is on basic mechanisms that could be seen as underlying "getting things in motion" and change in education systems. Four mechanisms are distinguished:…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, School Effectiveness, Cybernetics, Educational Improvement