A Critical Systems Approach to Social Learning: Building Adaptive Capacity in Social, Ecological, Epistemological (SEE) Systems
This paper presents a conceptual tool, or heuristic, for describing the epistemological context for social learning within complex social-ecological systems. The heuristic integrates several definitions of social learning that emphasize the importance of critical reflection and its collaborative nat...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c716bdb0c49a44c89245c23a070d331f 2023-05-15T16:15:28+02:00 A Critical Systems Approach to Social Learning: Building Adaptive Capacity in Social, Ecological, Epistemological (SEE) Systems Daniel D. P. McCarthy Debbe D. Crandall Graham S. Whitelaw Zachariah General Leonard J. S. Tsuji 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04255-160318 https://doaj.org/article/c716bdb0c49a44c89245c23a070d331f EN eng Resilience Alliance http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss3/art18/ https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087 1708-3087 doi:10.5751/ES-04255-160318 https://doaj.org/article/c716bdb0c49a44c89245c23a070d331f Ecology and Society, Vol 16, Iss 3, p 18 (2011) adaptive capacity critical systems thinking First Nations social learning Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2011 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04255-160318 2022-12-31T10:28:16Z This paper presents a conceptual tool, or heuristic, for describing the epistemological context for social learning within complex social-ecological systems. The heuristic integrates several definitions of social learning that emphasize the importance of critical reflection and its collaborative nature and that it is rooted in and oriented toward practice through social interactions. The conceptual tool is useful in identifying and conceptually mapping different perspectives based on types of learning described along three dimensions: typology of knowledge; different levels of critical reflection; and scale. The heuristic was originally developed in the context of an environmental planning process in southern Ontario, Canada, and is applied to identifying barriers and bridges to social learning in the case of flood damage reduction in a remote First Nations community in northern Ontario, Canada. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Ecology and Society 16 3 |
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This paper presents a conceptual tool, or heuristic, for describing the epistemological context for social learning within complex social-ecological systems. The heuristic integrates several definitions of social learning that emphasize the importance of critical reflection and its collaborative nature and that it is rooted in and oriented toward practice through social interactions. The conceptual tool is useful in identifying and conceptually mapping different perspectives based on types of learning described along three dimensions: typology of knowledge; different levels of critical reflection; and scale. The heuristic was originally developed in the context of an environmental planning process in southern Ontario, Canada, and is applied to identifying barriers and bridges to social learning in the case of flood damage reduction in a remote First Nations community in northern Ontario, Canada. |
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A Critical Systems Approach to Social Learning: Building Adaptive Capacity in Social, Ecological, Epistemological (SEE) Systems |
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A Critical Systems Approach to Social Learning: Building Adaptive Capacity in Social, Ecological, Epistemological (SEE) Systems |
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A Critical Systems Approach to Social Learning: Building Adaptive Capacity in Social, Ecological, Epistemological (SEE) Systems |
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A Critical Systems Approach to Social Learning: Building Adaptive Capacity in Social, Ecological, Epistemological (SEE) Systems |
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A Critical Systems Approach to Social Learning: Building Adaptive Capacity in Social, Ecological, Epistemological (SEE) Systems |
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critical systems approach to social learning: building adaptive capacity in social, ecological, epistemological (see) systems |
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