Adam Education for Wicked Problems and the Reconciliation of Opposites

A theory of bi-relational development
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-33319-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

The recognition and reconciliation of ‘opposites’ lies at the heart of our most personal and global problems. These problems are ‘wicked’ in the sense that they are difficult or impossible to solve and arise at the interface of interdependent polarities. By exploring the human tendency to divide the world into two parts, Wicked Problems & the Reconciliation of Opposites argues that our relationship with such pairings and polarities is profoundly important to the way we recognise and resolve wicked problems.

Using an original theory of bi-relational development, Adam proposes that our everyday ways of knowing and being can be powerfully located and understood in terms of the creation, emergence, opposition, convergence, collapse and trans-positioning of dyadic constituents. Chapters use this concept to frame key debates in and across domains of knowledge, including education, psychology, law and theology, as well as to offer a new perspective on the most profound problems of the twenty-first century: globalisation, sustainability and secularisation.

This book is a comprehensive study of dyadic structrures and relationships and provides a multidisciplinary and original approach to human development. It will be of great interest to students and academics of social psychology, psychosocial development, psychoanalysis and transpersonal psychology, but it is also relevant within the fields of education, human development and theology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adam, Raoul J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1. Theory. 1. Wicked Problems and the Reconciliation of Opposites. 2. Wicked Problems and the Recognition of Opposites. 3. The Origins and Classification of Dyads. 4. A Theoretical Background to Bi-relational Development. 5. A Theory of Bi-relational Development (BirD). Part II. Illustrations. 6. Illustrations of Bi-relational Development in Life Narratives. 7. Bi-relational Development and Wicked Socio-Cultural Problems. 8. Bi-relational Development and Wicked Socio-Ecological Problems. 9. Bi-relational Development and Wicked Socio-Religious Problems. Part III. Applications. 10. General Applications of Bi-relational Development in Education. 11. Narrative Explorations of Bi-relational Development in Education. 12. Conclusion and Final Reflections on Bi-relational Development.



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Über Autor(innen)

Raoul J. Adam is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, James Cook University, Australia. He gained a PhD in Cultural-Cognitive Development from the University of Queensland, Australia. Wicked Problems and the Reconciliation of Opposites is his first book.