Beschreibung:
This book explores the relationship between the human tendency to bifurcate the world, and the creation and resolution of our most wicked social problems. Using an original theory of bi-relational development, it proposes that our everyday ways of knowing and being can be powerfully located and understood in terms of the creation, emergence, opposition, convergence, collapse and trans-positioning of dyadic constituents.
Part 1. Theory. 1. Wicked Problems and the Reconciliation of Opposites. 2. Wicked Problems and the Recognition of Opposites. 3. The Origins and Classification of Dyads. 4. A Theoretical Background to Bi-relational Development. 5. A Theory of Bi-relational Development (BirD). Part II. Illustrations. 6. Illustrations of Bi-relational Development in Life Narratives. 7. Bi-relational Development and Wicked Socio-Cultural Problems. 8. Bi-relational Development and Wicked Socio-Ecological Problems. 9. Bi-relational Development and Wicked Socio-Religious Problems. Part III. Applications. 10. General Applications of Bi-relational Development in Education. 11. Narrative Explorations of Bi-relational Development in Education. 12. Conclusion and Final Reflections on Bi-relational Development.