A matter of meaning: reflections on forty years of JCL

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. 93-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATHERINE NELSON
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Word Learning ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Child Language ◽  
Laboratory Research ◽  
Dynamic Systems Theory ◽  
Word Meanings ◽  
The Past ◽  
First Words

ABSTRACTThe entry into language via first words and, the acquisition of word meanings is considered from the perspective of publications in theJournal of Child Languageover the past forty years. Problems in achieving word meanings include the disparate and sparse concepts available to the child from past prelanguage experience. Variability in beginning word learning and in its progress along a number of dimensions suggests the problems that children may encounter, as well as the strategies and styles they adopt to make progress. Social context and adult practices are vitally involved in the success of this process. Whereas much headway has been made over the past decades, much remains to be revealed through dynamic systems theory and developmental semiotic analyses, as well as laboratory research aimed at social context conditions.

scholarly journals Autonomy in the Time of Complexity: Lessons from Beyond the Classroom

2017 ◽  
pp. 116-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garold Murray
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Dynamic Systems Theory ◽  
Complex Dynamic ◽  
Complex Dynamic Systems ◽  
The Past ◽  
Changing Times

Learner autonomy is a construct in motion, unfolding in step with our academic imaginary. Over the past forty years, it has demonstrated its capacity to adapt to changing times. Introduced in the late 1970s during an era characterized by the teacher-dominated language classroom, learner autonomy provided a much-needed focus on learners as potentially independent individuals capable of taking charge of their learning. Later, as the so-called ‘social turn’ gained prominence in the field of applied linguistics, autonomy revealed itself to be a social construct developed through interdependence. Now, as applied linguists turn their attention to complexity science, what facets of learner autonomy can be revealed by examining the construct from the perspective of complex dynamic systems theory? This paper addresses this question by drawing on the findings of three studies – a five-year ethnography, a longitudinal multiple-case study and a narrative inquiry – all of which explored a social space for language learning located on the campus of a large national university in Japan. The aim of these studies was to explore the ways in which learners experienced the facility and how it supported their linguistic and personal development. Adopting an ecological approach enabled the author and fellow researchers to focus on the affordances that emerged through learners’ engagement with the environment. Gradually, as these studies were carried out over the past eight years, the thinking on how to view this space, the learners and their learning has expanded from a community of practice perspective to one embracing complex dynamic systems theory. This article will examine how this shift in theoretical focus has offered lessons on learner autonomy in this out-of-class context.

A Benchmarked Experiential System for Training (BEST) and dynamic systems theory

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne Shebilske ◽  
Kevin Gildea ◽  
Jared Freeman ◽  
Georgiy Levchuk
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Dynamic Systems Theory ◽  
Experiential System

Control Theory, Dynamics, and Continuous Interaction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roderick Murray-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Control Theory ◽  
Human Computer Interaction ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Trajectory Generation ◽  
Interaction Techniques ◽  
Dynamic Systems Theory ◽  
Classical Work ◽  
Continuous Interaction

This chapter reviews the role of theory and dynamic systems theory for understanding common interaction techniques including: targetting, trajectory generation, panning, scrolling and zooming. It explains how can be seen to be at the foundations of Human–Computer Interaction and might be essential for making progress in novel forms of interface. It reinterprets Fitts’ classical work with theoretic tools. It also highlights the limitations of theory for design of human–computer loops.

Toward a transdisciplinary integration of research purposes and methods for complex dynamic systems theory: beyond the quantitative–qualitative divide

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Hiver ◽  
Ali H. Al-Hoorie ◽  
Diane Larsen-Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Applied Linguistics ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Dynamic Systems Theory ◽  
Complex Dynamic ◽  
Transdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Complex Dynamic Systems ◽  
Human And Social Sciences ◽  
Starting Point

Abstract Complexity theory/dynamic systems theory has challenged conventional approaches to applied linguistics research by encouraging researchers to adopt a pragmatic transdisciplinary approach that is less paradigmatic and more problem-oriented in nature. Its proponents have argued that the starting point in research design should not be the quantitative–qualitative distinction, or even mixed methods, but the distinction between individual versus group-based designs (i.e., idiographic versus nomothetic). Taking insights from transdisciplinary complexity research in other human and social sciences, we propose an integrative transdisciplinary framework that unites these different perspectives (quantitative–qualitative, individual–group based) from the starting point of exploratory–falsificatory aims. We discuss the implications of this transdisciplinary approach to applied linguistics research and illustrate how such an integrated approach might be implemented in the field.

scholarly journals The reality of inclusion in physical education in the Brazilian school system

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (Esp.) ◽  
pp. 11-28
Author(s):  
Eliane Mauerberg de Castro ◽  
Gabriella Andreetta Figueiredo ◽  
Debra Frances Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
School System ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Dynamic Systems Theory ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
Movement Culture

Our purpose in this article was threefold. First, we attempted to analyze evidences of inclusion in the Brazilian school, and we argued that inclusion still is a long road ahead, particularly, in the field of physical education. In relation to inclusion, we used data provided by the Brazilian government itself to demonstrate several issues of concern, including some with educational governing bodies. Second, we examined how the Brazilian physical education national curriculum parameters have been tailored in their pedagogical recommendations to accommodate the “movement culture” approach. Although physical educators endorsed the new curricular directives, their practice in school with inclusion revealed troublesome situations. Overall, they admitted that they did not feel prepared to work with students with disability in their classes, and they feel that they need continuing education, as well as actual administrative/government investments. Third, we introduced concepts from dynamic systems theory to our adapted physical education practice while working with people with disabilities in inclusive settings. We illustrated the theory in its application to the physical education practices by reporting a lifetime of work in outreach programs in the field of adapted physical activity (APA), at São Paulo State University at Rio Claro. The complexities in the practice of inclusive school physical education require a holistic approach, which we feel can be accomplished through the employment of dynamic systems concepts. Whether epistemological directions include the movement culture approach or dynamic systems theory, or a hybrid, these efforts must be sustained by committed teachers, the school system, government leaders, families, and the entire community.

scholarly journals Clinical Application of a Cardiac Diagnostic Method Based on Dynamic Systems Theory

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Rodriguez ◽  
Signed Prieto ◽  
Catalina Correa ◽  
Dario Dominguez ◽  
Juan Pardo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Clinical Application ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Diagnostic Method ◽  
Dynamic Systems Theory
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