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The Chaos Revolution: a Major Social Transformation - An Interview with Ralph Abraham by Barbara Vogl.
Why a System's Thinking Network?
Systemic Change, What is it and Why is it needed? by Charles Riegeluth.
Reflections - Personal and Otherwise by Barbara Vogl.
Book Review: Beyond a World Divided: Human Values in the Brain - Mind Science of Roger Sperry.Erika Erdmann and David Stover. Shamabala Publications, Inc., Boston, 1991.d
The Future Search Methodology: A Strategy for Supporting Systems Design by Sue McCormick and Nancy Whitsun.
Totem Falls School - Preparing for a Future Search Conference -
Reflections on James Chiltern Pierce by Barbara Vogl.
Interview - Heinz von Foerster on Education with Barbara Vogl.
Book Review: Systemic Thinking: Solving Complex Problems by Larry Hutchins
Book Review: Thinking Systematically: Educational Reform in Kentucky by Susan Nichols, Ruth Ann Harrel, and Karen Hamilton. Kentucky Department of Education.
Announcements
Teleonics: The Primacy of Process. An Interview with Gyorgi Jaros by Barbara Vogl.
Teleonics: The Primacy of Process by Gyorgi Jaros.
Hands Across the Border - by Patrick Walsh.
Book Review: Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory: The Dharma of Natural Systems by Joanna Macy, 1991.
Book Review: Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environment by James Garbarino, 1995.
Book Review: Educational Freedom For a Democratic Society: A Critique of National Goals Standards, and Curriculum [Ed] by Ron MIller, 1991.
Music and the Biology of Love: How my Music met the Science of Humberto Maturna - by Marnie Jones.
Reflections/Networking
Books * Books * Books: An annotated bibliography.
Reflections- Matthew Shapiro, The Book of Genesis or the Reflecting Child.
Distinguishing soft systems and hard systems thinking.
Audiotapes from Pegasus
Videotapes from Pegasus
News and Membership
Systems Design: An evolution in consciousness - An Interview with Bela H. Banathy.
Going Beyond Reform: Designing Idaho Education for Tomorrow by Matthew Shapiro.
Book Review: The Search Conference: A Powerful Method for Planning Organizational Change and Community Action by Merlyn Emmery and Ronald Purser, 1996.
Book Review: Five Technologies for Educational Change by David Salisbury.
Book Review: Designing Social Systems in a Changing World by Bela Banathy, 1996.
Network News and Membership
Feedback
The Partnership Perspective - An Interview with Riane Eisler by Barbara Vogl.
The Partnership Perspective -Reflections on Riane Eisler's Interview by Janet Eaton.
"Creating the Context for Global Cooperation" by Edward Clark.
Book Review: Designing and Implementing an Integrated Curriculum: A Student-Centered Approach by Edward T. Clark.
The Wholeness Principle: Dynamics of Unity Within Science, Religion, and Society by Anna Lemkow (excerpts from the book as opening statements for the conference). ISII First Internet Seminar on Wholeness-
Network News
In January the Network is one year old.
Self * System * Synergy by Systems Thinking and Chaos Theory Network members H.B. Gelatt and Carole Gelatt.
RE Theme of Issue -Integration.
The Nature of Integrated Study by Joseph Engleberg, from the First International Seminar on Wholeness.
Reflection on Ken Wilber's book "No Boundaries" by Barbara Vogl.
Member Announcements & Notes
Collaborative Learning Communities - Feature article by Carole Cooper and Julie Boyd.
On Dialogue, and Systems Thinking.
Curriculum to Encourage Systems Thinking - A Study of Societal Change: Based on the Movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy" by Miranda Armstrong and Julie Boyd.
Reflections- on Educational Technology. Journal special issue devoted to "Perspectives in Change"- Review by Janet Eaton of article "Leading to a new Paradigm: the Example of Bioregional Mapping." by David Shapiro.
Book Review: Fritjof Capra's "Web of life: A New Understanding of Living Systems" by J.M. Eaton.
Chaos in Education by Marilyn Simon.
Letter from Heinz von Foerster- re the map is not the territory.
Arrows in Time: The Misapplication of Chaos Theory in Education by William J. Hunter and Garth D. Benson.
Response to "Arrows in Time" by Marilyn Simon.
RE Theme of Issue Chaos Theory and Education.
Reflections on the ASCD Baltimore Conference by Janet M. Eaton.
Implications of Chaos Theory for Social System Design by Gordon Rowland.
Announcements: International Systems Institute
Systems Thinking and Chaos Theory Resource Material
Comment on Mary Parker Follett by Mathew Shapiro
Reflections on Por que? by Betsy Geist
The Crossing Point: Becoming Responsive EduCreators by Terri Burik
Toward the Integral Millennium: Integrating Culture , Ecology and Design. An Interview with Sim van der Ryn by Barbara Vogl
Reflections: Signs of Global Shift in Consciousness by Janet Eaton
Design Intelligence: A Holistic Foundation for Education by Marnie Jones
Book Review: Sue McCormick, The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World by Peter Schwartz.
Thoughts on Design Culture. Excerpts from Designing Social Systems in a Changing World by Bela H. Banathy, 1996. Plenum Press.
What I Learned from the Rain Forest by Tachi Kiuchi. Excerpts from his keynote address to the World Futures Society on July 19, 1997. http://www.envirolink.org/sbn/
See the Samples from November.
Syntony Quest: Creating Evolutionary Learning Communities. An Interview with Alexander and Kathia Laszlo by Janet Eaton, STCT Canadian Coordinator and Barbara Vogl.
The ISI Story and the ACC Roundtable by Barbara Vogl
Reflections on Charles Webber's Change Agency List Serve sponsored by ASCD with examples of postings
Sharing Voices /Sharing Spaces, Presentation of Heiner Benking, Club of Budapest by Janet M. Eaton
Network News.
Ecology and Economics: A conversation with Elisabet Sahtouris
The Wisdom of Nature by Humberto Maturana and Pille Bunnell
Statement of Purpose and Membership Information
Review of International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, Editor, Charles Francois.
Charles Francois Reflections
Emerging Patterns in Business and Education: an interview with Prasad Kaipa
Building Competence and Capability by Prasad Kaipa
East/West Systemics: an Internet exchange
Book Review: Introduction to Systemics by Gianfranco Minati and Arne Collen
Book Review: Systemic Change: Touchstones for the Future School. Editor, Patrick Jenlink
Book Review: Can You Teach Creativity? by Anna Craft, et al. Education Now Publishing Cooperative, Nottingham, UK
Announcements/American Society for Cybernetics Conference
The Healing Century by Robert Theobald
Book Review: The Re-Enchantment of Learning: A Manual for Teacher Renewal and Classroom Transformation by Sam Crowell, Renate Caine, Geoffrey Caine.
Book Review: Getting Out of Line: A Guide for Teachers Redefining Themselves and their Profession. by Caren Black
Community Learning Centers: A New Model for Education by Designs for Learning, Wayne Jennings
Poem: Your Story As Mine by Sam Crowell
Summer Healing Opportunities: Institute for Deep Ecology
Chaos theory and Space-Time Patterns. Lecture to the European Council by Ralph Abraham
Annotated Bibliography issue
Science, Creativity and Order. An interview with the late David Bohm by Michael Tom
The New Paradigm: Two from the Sante Fe Institute. "How Nature Works: Self-organizing Criticality" by Per Bak and "Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos" by Mitchell Waldrop.
Book reviews by Janet Eaton, Ermile Hargrove, Mead Hansen, and Terry Burik.
Reflections.
Epistemology of the Imagination: an Interview with Kathleen Forsythe.
Native Hawaiian Epistemology: Exploring Hawaiian Views of Knowledge. by Manu Aluli Meyer.
Native Hawaiian Education. by Manu Aluli Meyer.
Book Review: The Marriage of Sense and Soul: Integrating Science and Religion. by Ken Wilber (1998).
Book Review: The Evolutionary Mind: Trialogues at the Edge of the Unthinkable. by Ralph Abraham, Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake.
Book Review: World Wide Web Resources (1998).
Announcement: The 43rd Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), June 27 - July 2, 1999. Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California. Theme: Humanity, Science, Technology: The Systemic Foundations of the Information Age.
Reflections on "Information," by Pille Bunnell.
Changing Demographics: An Opportunity for Learning, Interview with Principal, Vera J.Blake, Ed.D.
Can We Achieve a Celebration of Diversity? by Barbara Vogl and Gyorgi Jaros.
Book Reviews: Change for Public Education: Practical Approaches for the 21st. Century by Vito Germinario and Henry Cram.
Story Teller, Story Teacher: Discovering the Power of Storytelling for Teaching and Living by Marni Gillard.
What to Look for in a Classroom..and Other Essays by Alfie Kohn.
Educational Leader's Book Overviews from Global Learning Communities, Carole Cooper and Julie Boyd.
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