scholarly journals On Language Learner Agency: A Complex Dynamic Systems Theory Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 61-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIANE LARSEN-FREEMAN
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Dynamic Systems Theory ◽  
Complex Dynamic ◽  
Complex Dynamic Systems ◽  
Learner Agency

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.

Networks as complex dynamic systems: Applications to clinical and developmental psychology and psychopathology

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 174-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul L. C. van Geert ◽  
Henderien W. Steenbeek
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Developmental Psychopathology ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Dynamic Network ◽  
Dynamic Systems Theory ◽  
Complex Dynamic ◽  
Complex Dynamic Systems ◽  
Level Of Aggregation

AbstractCramer et al.'s article is an example of the fruitful application of complex dynamic systems theory. We extend their approach with examples from our own work on development and developmental psychopathology and address three issues: (1) the level of aggregation of the network, (2) the required research methodology, and (3) the clinical and educational application of dynamic network thinking.

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