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Teng, Jaan – 1973
This document presents a systems theory approach to post-secondary education. Terms such as entropy, energy, and "essergy" together with the laws of thermodynamics are applied to educational concepts. A philosophical approach with interspersed quotations from Hegel, Korzybski, and Adelman is used to design a new educational paradigm based upon…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Models


