Ebook: Comprehensive Systems Design: A New Educational Technology: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Comprehensive Systems Design: A New Educational Technology, held in Pacific Grove, California, December 2–7, 1990

Educational technology in the broadest sense is knowledge and competence forimproving the educational process: for using hardware (equipment), software (methods), and "underware" (underlying organizational structures). This volume in the Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology presents the results of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on educational systems design as a new educational technology. The objective of the workshop was toadvance our knowledge about the comprehensive systems design approach for improving educational systems. The workshop was organized for the transdisciplinary interaction of three scientific groups representing design science, organizational/systems science, and educationaltechnology. Participants were selected based on their scholarship as members of one or more of these three groups. The book opens with theframing papers sent by the editors to participants prior to the workshop, then presents five sets of thematic contributions: the conceptual and empirical contexts of comprehensive systems design, the systems design focus, a systems view of designing educational systems, the educational context of systems design, and high technology focus in systems design.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Editors’ Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Systems Design: A Creative Response to the Current Educational Predicament....Pages 9-49
Principles of Educational Systems Design....Pages 50-66
Structuring the Program of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop: An Architecture of Decision-Oriented Disciplined Inquiry....Pages 67-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Education as a Process of Increasing Access to Societal Resources: Design and Methodology....Pages 85-94
Human Learning and its Relation to Evolution and Needs Satisfaction: Implications for the Design of Educational Systems....Pages 95-103
The Empirical Grounding of System Performance Measurements....Pages 104-108
The Designing Community: A Learning Community....Pages 109-120
Definition of Education and Meta-Design of Educational Systems....Pages 121-133
Assessing the Adequacy of a Social System Design....Pages 134-141
Design Inquiry as an Intellectual Technology for the Design of Educational Systems....Pages 145-153
The Evolution of a Design Approach: A Historical Perspective and its Relevance to the Design of Educational Systems....Pages 154-164
Surrendering to the Environment in Educational System Design....Pages 165-173
‘Jumping Out’ of the Existing System During Design Genesis: Penetrating the Anxiety Barrier....Pages 174-190
Designing Value-Based Educational Systems....Pages 191-205
Retrospective Design Analysis: A New Educational Technology....Pages 206-221
The Application of Systems Thinking to the Design of Educational Systems....Pages 225-237
A Systems Approach Knowledge Base for Education....Pages 238-252
Approaches and Methods of Systems Design: Critical Pedagogy....Pages 253-259
A Systems View of Restructuring Education....Pages 260-271
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Openness in a General Process Model for Systems Design in Education....Pages 272-278
School Reform Movements: Tinkering with the System....Pages 281-301
Characteristics of Educational Systems and Their Development: A Contribution to Understanding Differences in Systems in Europe and the United States....Pages 302-313
Applying Systems Theory Through the Lens of Learning: What Does Learning Research Say?....Pages 314-333
The Next Step in Educational Systems Design: Some Contributions From Learning Systems Design....Pages 334-349
Learning Systems: Is There a Need for Change?....Pages 350-353
Systems Design Guidelines for Change....Pages 354-356
A Conceptual Framework for Systems Design of Education....Pages 357-377
Hypersystems: A Base for Specification of Computer-Supported Self-Learning Social Systems....Pages 381-407
New Educational Technologies Cannot be Fully Integrated in Existing Educational Systems Some Lessons Drawn from the Analysis of the Introduction of Computers in French Schools During the Last Decade....Pages 408-420
Educational Technology Planning: Scanning the North American K-12 Education Environment....Pages 421-436
Back Matter....Pages 437-442

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Editors’ Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Systems Design: A Creative Response to the Current Educational Predicament....Pages 9-49
Principles of Educational Systems Design....Pages 50-66
Structuring the Program of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop: An Architecture of Decision-Oriented Disciplined Inquiry....Pages 67-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Education as a Process of Increasing Access to Societal Resources: Design and Methodology....Pages 85-94
Human Learning and its Relation to Evolution and Needs Satisfaction: Implications for the Design of Educational Systems....Pages 95-103
The Empirical Grounding of System Performance Measurements....Pages 104-108
The Designing Community: A Learning Community....Pages 109-120
Definition of Education and Meta-Design of Educational Systems....Pages 121-133
Assessing the Adequacy of a Social System Design....Pages 134-141
Design Inquiry as an Intellectual Technology for the Design of Educational Systems....Pages 145-153
The Evolution of a Design Approach: A Historical Perspective and its Relevance to the Design of Educational Systems....Pages 154-164
Surrendering to the Environment in Educational System Design....Pages 165-173
‘Jumping Out’ of the Existing System During Design Genesis: Penetrating the Anxiety Barrier....Pages 174-190
Designing Value-Based Educational Systems....Pages 191-205
Retrospective Design Analysis: A New Educational Technology....Pages 206-221
The Application of Systems Thinking to the Design of Educational Systems....Pages 225-237
A Systems Approach Knowledge Base for Education....Pages 238-252
Approaches and Methods of Systems Design: Critical Pedagogy....Pages 253-259
A Systems View of Restructuring Education....Pages 260-271
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Openness in a General Process Model for Systems Design in Education....Pages 272-278
School Reform Movements: Tinkering with the System....Pages 281-301
Characteristics of Educational Systems and Their Development: A Contribution to Understanding Differences in Systems in Europe and the United States....Pages 302-313
Applying Systems Theory Through the Lens of Learning: What Does Learning Research Say?....Pages 314-333
The Next Step in Educational Systems Design: Some Contributions From Learning Systems Design....Pages 334-349
Learning Systems: Is There a Need for Change?....Pages 350-353
Systems Design Guidelines for Change....Pages 354-356
A Conceptual Framework for Systems Design of Education....Pages 357-377
Hypersystems: A Base for Specification of Computer-Supported Self-Learning Social Systems....Pages 381-407
New Educational Technologies Cannot be Fully Integrated in Existing Educational Systems Some Lessons Drawn from the Analysis of the Introduction of Computers in French Schools During the Last Decade....Pages 408-420
Educational Technology Planning: Scanning the North American K-12 Education Environment....Pages 421-436
Back Matter....Pages 437-442
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