Debarshi Roy

Skinned Knees and ABCs

The Complex World of Schools

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book critically analyses schools as sites for applied behaviour systems. It utilises scientific theories in mathematics, behavioural economics, and psychology (social, cognitive and educational) to examine the complexities, failures and successes of school systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780367524203
• ISBN-10: 0367524201
• Artikelnr.: 68716214

Autorenporträt

Debarshi Roy is an independent researcher. He is also a management consultant and a senior professional in school management. His current research interests include complex adaptive behavioural systems, behavioural game theory and quantitative modelling of human behaviour, behavioural economics, psychological safety and empathy in school behavioural systems and their relation to school outcomes and student motivation. He has published over a dozen research papers and has presented his research at several national and international seminars and conferences.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Nature and Characteristics 1. Schools as Complex Systems 2.
Behaviourism, Cognitivism and Constructivism in School Systems Part 2:
Behavioural Dimensions 3. The Role of Bounded Rationality and Cognitive
Biases in Schools 4. Nudging Schools 5. Game Theory and Strategic Behaviour
in Schools Part 3: Operational Dimensions 6. The Psychology of Control and
Conformity 7. The Safe School Part 4: Outcomes 8. The Fallacy of the
Superlatives 9. A Source of Perpetual Influence Part 5: Summation 10. In
Summation 11. Epilogue - The School and I