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The self as a complex dynamic system

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Mercer S.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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2011
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vol. 1
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issue 1
57-82
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This article explores the potential offered by complexity theories for understanding language learners’ sense of self and attempts to show how the self might usefully be conceived of as a complex dynamic system. Rather than presenting empirical findings, the article discusses existent research on the self and aims at outlining a conceptual perspective that may inform future studies into the self and possibly other individual learner differences. The article concludes by critically considering the merits of a complexity perspective but also reflecting on the challenges it poses for research.
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The emancipation of the langugae learner

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Larsen-Freeman D.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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2012
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vol. 2
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issue 3
297-309
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The general trend in language education over the years has been to ascribe to language learners increasing power and responsibility for their own learning. While this is commendable, the autonomy of learners is still constrained by views of language that see learners as being mere “hosts” of another’s language. Such views restrict learners to roles as language learners who make errors not language users who innovate. This article argues for a more enlightened view of language and of learners, one inspired by a complexity theory perspective. It also proposes that such a perspective is respectful of learner agency.
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The emancipation of the language learner

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Larsen-Freeman D.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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2012
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vol. 2
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issue 3
297-309
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The general trend in language education over the years has been to ascribe to language learners increasing power and responsibility for their own learning. While this is commendable, the autonomy of learners is still constrained by views of language that see learners as being mere “hosts” of another’s language. Such views restrict learners to roles as language learners who make errors not language users who innovate. This article argues for a more enlightened view of language and of learners, one inspired by a complexity theory perspective. It also proposes that such a perspective is respectful of learner agency.
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The self as a complex dynamic system

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Mercer S.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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2011
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vol. 1
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issue 1
57-82
EN
This article explores the potential offered by complexity theories for understanding language learners’ sense of self and attempts to show how the self might usefully be conceived of as a complex dynamic system. Rather than presenting empirical findings, the article discusses existent research on the self and aims at outlining a conceptual perspective that may inform future studies into the self and possibly other individual learner differences. The article concludes by critically considering the merits of a complexity perspective but also reflecting on the challenges it poses for research.
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ZASTOSOWANIE POZIOMÓW ZŁOŻONOŚCI W CZWARTEJ DRODZE TOMASZA Z AKWINU

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KRZOS B., SADŁOCHA Ł.
Studia Ełckie
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2015
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vol. 17
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issue 1
7-17
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Theology as a science draws material from various sources. There are those having their basis on the authority (the Bible and sacred tradition), ‘signs of the times’, humanities and natural sciences. Among them it is the natural science that is a flashpoint of different disputes arising between theology and natural sciences. Nevertheless, one is not allowed to reject natural sciences since they mould a human perception of the world. The aim of the article is to present the use of the levels of complexity having their roots in natural sciences in the Fourth Way of Saint Aquinas. Hierarchical levels of reality are a common element of these two concepts. There will also be made an attempt to update the argument.
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Socjologia wobec złożoności współczesnego świata

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Drozdowski R., Szlendak T.
Studia Socjologiczne
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2013
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issue 4(211)
7-17
PL
W artykule prezentujemy cztery strategie socjologii wobec społecznej złożoności oraz wobec rozwoju nauk o złożoności. Strategia pierwsza sprowadza się do ogłoszenia przez socjologię własnego bankructwa lub postawienia się w roli skromnego konsorcjanta w ramach transdyscyplinarnych przedsięwzięć badawczych. Strategia druga to podkupienie stylu eksplanacyjnego i kultury metodologicznej nauk o złożności. Strategia trzecia to zaciąganie u teorii złożoności długu terminologicznego. Strategia czwarta zaś, najtrudniejsza, to rozwijanie własnej, socjologicznej teorii złożoności.
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The paper presents four strategies that sociology employs in the face of social complexity and the development of complexity science. The first strategy comes down to announcing bankruptcy on the part of the discipline or playing the role of a minor consortium member in transdisciplinary research projects within complexity science. The second strategy is 'buying' the explanatory style and methodological culture of complexity science. The third one is becoming indebted to complexity theory terminology. The fourth strategy, the most difficult one, is to develop its own, distinct sociological theory of complexity.
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The dynamism of strategic learning: Complexity theory in strategic L2 development

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Amerstorfer C. M.
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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2020
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vol. 10
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issue 1
21-44
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Learners of foreign languages (L2s) apply strategies to support learning processes and L2 development. They select strategies according to their individual needs and preferences and adjust their strategic actions to suit situational circumstances and contextual conditions. A holistic investigation of strategic L2 learning processes requires the integration of numerous interconnected, flexibly-interacting influences, which are at constant interplay with each other and whose development is difficult to predict. Validated as effective in other fields of applied linguistics, complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) can also provide an appropriate frame for researching strategic L2 learning. Based on state-of-the-art methodological guidance for complexity research, this article presents the re-analysis of empirical data from a previous study through a complexity lens. It further examines the suitability of CDST in strategy research, explores its practical value, and demonstrates that a complexity perspective can generate new, profound information about strategic learning.
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Niepełnosprawność i złożoność

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Rudnicki S.
Studia Socjologiczne
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2014
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issue 2(213)
43-61
PL
Celem artykułu jest zaadaptowanie elementów tzw. teorii złożoności (complexity theory) do analizy działania systemu instytucjonalnego wsparcia osób niepełnosprawnych w Polsce. Zgodnie z główną tezą tekstu, wytwarzanie przez systemy instytucjonalne złożoności i obciążanie koniecznością jej redukowania samych osób niepełnosprawnych jest istotnym mechanizmem ich dyskryminacji. Dodatkowo, podstawowe problemy związane z efektywnością funkcjonowania instytucjonalnego wsparcia wynikają z nieumiejętnego radzenia sobie przez system instytucjonalny ze złożonością zjawiska, jakim jest niepełnosprawność. Empirycznej ilustracji do stawianych tez dostarczają dane zebrane w trakcie 60 wywiadów pogłębionych oraz 2 warsztatów, przeprowadzonych z ekspertami w dziedzinie niepełnosprawności. Przeprowadzona analiza nie tylko wzbogaca refleksję nad niepełnosprawnością o nowe wątki teoretyczne, ale także wskazuje kierunki pożądanych zmian w obszarze polityki społecznej.
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The purpose of the article is to adapt elements of the so-called complexity theory to analyzing the operations of the system of institutional support for disabled persons in Poland. According to the main thesis of the article, complexities produced by the institutional systems and putting the burden of reducing it on the disabled persons themselves is an important mechanism of discrimination. Additionally, the basic problems related to the effectiveness of institutional support result from lack of competence in the institutional system’s dealing with the complexity of the phenomenon of disability. An empirical illustration of the thesis is drawn from the data gathered during 60 interviews and 2 workshops, conducted with the experts in the field of disability. The analysis not only contributes new theoretical insights to the reflection on disability, but it also indicates the direction of desirable developments in social policy.
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Dynamika nieliniowa w badaniach ekonomicznych

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Jakimowicz A.
Didactics of Mathematics
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2011
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issue 8 (12)
39-54
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Nonlinear dynamics is a multidisciplinary branch of science which encompasses two major concepts of modern science: the deterministic chaos theory and the complexity theory. It also feeds on the rich achievements of cybernetics and the catastrophe theory. Over the recent years, nonlinear dynamics has contributed to considerable progress in system theories as a result of introduction of numerical methods on a broader scale. Initially, they were employed in natural sciences, however, as a result of interdisciplinary diffusion they quickly became common in social sciences, mainly in economics. It was possible thanks to isomorphisms that exist in science, which are based on logical homologies. The introduction of new methods into economics is necessary, since economic systems belong to the most complex dynamical systems that we know of. Moreover, we observe a steady increase in the degree of their complexity, which should be attributed to civilization progress. This is how studies on economic complexity become a central issue of contemporary economics. Numerical explorations of archetypal economic systems show that the increase in the degree of complexity beyond a certain upper limit destroys their adaptive capabilities. It serves as a guideline for societies, namely the prime goal of economic policy should be decreasing complexity of markets and economies. However, it turns out that it is not always possible, because a reduction of chaos can increase systems’ instability.
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