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2/2010
COMPLEXITATEA I EDUCAIA-
HAOS
EDUCATION
Rezumat:
Abordm, succint, n excursul de fa o
problematic aflat abia n faz de dezbatere, dar cu
profunde implicaii n nelegerea i soluionarea unora
dintre chestiunile de fond ale crizei n educaie,
trebuind s distingem ntre educaia-haos , ca vid
educaional, pe de o parte, centrat pe autoritate i
uniformitatea programelor ntr-o lume absolut
instabil, i teoria haosului, care leag nvarea de
dinamica proceselor naturale, ajutndu- ne s trim cu
invizibilul. n alt sens, ncercm s opunem
inteligena complexitii, fondat pe teoria haosului
determinist n educaie, gndirii unice, de tip maniheist,
care impune ordinea, pentru a produce hazardul ilogic,
acolo unde, mai mult dect oriunde, guverneaz nonlinearitatea i imprevizibilul. Argumentul principal l
constituie faptul c teoriile i modelele instruirii, cu
originea n paradigmele clasice ale gndirii, sunt mai
mult dect apro-ximative i, implicit, cu totul
ineficiente, cnd este vorba de a surprinde structura i
funcionarea haosului neuronal, definit, n prezent, ca
cel mai reputat i mai complex fenomen din univers.
Este i motivul pentru care dezbaterile indic adesori o
turnur criziologic, structurndu-se aproape invariabil
n jurul unei dialectici de fond ntre tradiie i
modernitate. ncercarea de depire a acestui dualism
paralizant se afl n centrul prezentului demers,
nvedernd c viitorul educaiei, al organizrii
cunoaterii i al sistemelor educative este, rnd pe
rnd, evocat n termenii opui ai schimbrii i ai
permanenei, ai nchiderii i ai deschiderii, ai
disciplinaritii i ai transversalitii, n ideea de a gsi
o modalitate de conciliere etern pasager ntre o ordine
profund, implicit, invariant (hidden order), i o
ordine explicit (explicate order), exterioar i
concret, ntlnind omul i universul (su), ca
diafanizri (proiecii) ale unei Raiuni ascunse.
Abstract:
We approach, briefly, in the present paper an issue
that is only in the discussion phase, but with profound
implications in understanding and solving some of the
substantive issues of the crisis in education, must
distinguish between "chaos-education" as education
vacuum on the one hand, centred on the authority and
uniformity of programs in a world completely unstable,
and the "chaos theory" that links learning by the
dynamics of natural processes, helping us "to live with
the invisible." In another sense, we try to oppose "the
complexity of intelligence", based on deterministic
chaos theory in education, unique thinking, on maniheist
type, which requires the order to produce the illogical
hazard, where more than anywhere else, governing and
non-linearity and the unpredictable.
The main argument is the fact that the theories and
the models of training, with the origins in the classical
paradigms of thinking, are more than approximate and,
implicitly, quite inefficient when it comes to capture the
structure and functioning of neuronal chaos, defined in
the present as the most reputed and more complex
phenomenon in the universe. It is also why the debates
often indicate a turn criziological, being structured
almost invariably around a substantive dialectic between
tradition and modernity. The trying to overcoming this
paralyzing dualism is the heart of this approach,
demonstrating that the future of the education, of the
organization and of the knowledge of educational
systems is evoked in apposed terms of change and of the
permanent, of closure and of the opening, of
disciplinarily and of the transversally, in the idea of
finding an eternal way of passenger conciliation
between a deep order, default, invariant ("hidden
order"), and an explicit order ("explained order"),
exterior and concrete, meeting the man and the universe
( His) as diaphanous (projections) of a hidden Reasons.
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1. Preliminary Considerations
1. Consideraii prealabile
Procesul unificrii cunoaterii pare s
devin, n era (post)modern, realitate, dac e
s pornim de la faptul c pentru tot mai muli
oameni de tiin, provenind din orizonturi
diferite, teoria haosului (ca studiu al
comportamentului aperiodic instabil n
sistemele dinamice non-lineare deterministe),
avndu-i la origine pe H. Poincar, E. Lorenz,
Ilya Prigogine .a., tinde a se institui n factor
coagulant al tuturor tiinelor moderne. Se
nate astfel o atitudine polemic fa de
super-specializare, care condamn la izolare
numeroase
domenii
din
cercetarea
contemporan. Adepii cei mai convini
prezint teoria haosului ca o a treia revoluie
a fizicii i nu numai, dup relativitate i teoria
cuantic, intenionnd a elimina utopia
determinist impus de paradigmele clasice
ale tiinei (Alain Boutot,1991). Toate
fenomenele din natur i societate, n care nu
se poate decela aprioric o logic anume, sunt,
n genere, regrupate progresiv sub termenul
de haos, denotnd, n esen, o func-ionare
haotic. Se nelege, prin urmare, c
descoperirea sistemelor haotice ncearc o
reconciliere ntre contrarii (haos i
determinism n acelai timp). Conform logicii
terului inclus: se presupune un al treilea
termen care este i A, i non-A, atestnd
niveluri de realitate distincte. (B. Nicolescu,
1991).
Exist, ntr-adevr, numeroase sisteme
(unele extrem de simple), care, n ciuda
caracterului lor determinist, prezint un
comportament
cu
totul
imprevizibil.
Determinarea suitei evenimentelor e dat de
efectele obiective, susceptibile a fi precis
reperate i msurate, n timp ce
comportamentul haotic impune o limit
fundamental capacitii noastre de a
prevedea ceea ce urmeaz s se ntmple, fie
i n situaia n care, ideal vorbind, am
dispune de toate datelor cu rol determinant n
desfurarea evenimentelor. Nici o form de
calcul cunoscut nu poate, de pild, descrie
cu exactitudine arabes-curile cderii unei
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Atractorul straniu (strange atractor) este o figur definind ansamblul traiectoriilor unui sistem supus unei micri haotice,
nvedernd o ordine ascuns, subiacent, un spaiu de faze n haosul determinist (non-aleatoriu). El posed o structur
fractal, invariabil, indiferent de scara la care este privit. Termenul a fost, probabil, utilizat pentru prima dat ntr-un articol
intitulat On the nature of turbulence, semnat de David Ruelle i Floris Takens. n prezent, exist perspective promitoare
privind posibilitatea simulrii activitii neuro-dinamice a creierului uman, pornind de la noi ipoteze viznd teoria haosului i
fractalii. Exist convingerea c pot fi, astfel, simulate, prognosticate i influenate, de o alt manier, actele de gndire,
procesele psihologice complexe i, bineneles, sporite ansele educaiei.
Termenul fractal (din lat. fractus > ceea ce este spart, rupt, fracturat) a fost inventat de matematicianul B. Mandelbrot (The Fractal
Geometry of Nature. W. H. Freeman and Company, 1982) pentru a desemna un tip de obiecte definite ca iregulate, diferite de figurile
euclidiene precum dreapta sau cercul. Geometria fractal este, n fapt, o teorie abstract. Un fractal conine, la diferite niveluri, motivul unei
forme ori funcii, al unei entiti date. Acest motiv recurent n interiorul unitilor mai mici, reproduce motivul unitii de ansamblu. Fractalii
ajut la reprezentarea de obiecte naturale com-plexe : muni, nori, linii de coast fulgere, conglomerate galactice .a. Tot astfel, fractalii
intervin n cadrul teoriei haosului determinist cu aplicaii n diverse domenii, ntre care i educaia n sensul n care fenomene de genul
dinamicii educaiei pot fi descrise printr-o figur fractal. n demersul nostru, conceptul de fractal este folosit nu att n accepiunea sa
mate-matic, ct mai ales n sens metaforico-filozofic
The strange attractive feature is a figure that defines the ensemble of the trajectories of a system liable to a chaotic
movement, proving a hidden, subjacent order, a phases space in the determinist (non-aleatory) space. It owns a fractal,
invariable structure, no matter the scale we regard it. The term was used probably for the first time in an article named On the
nature of turbulence, signed by David Ruelle and Floris Takens. Nowadays, there are promising perspectives regarding the
possibility to simulate the neuro-dynamic activity of the human brain, starting from new hypotheses related to the chaos
theory and to fractals. There is the belief that we may be able to simulate, foresee and influence thus in another manner the
acts of thinking, complex psychological processes and, of course, to increase the education chances.
The fractal term (from lat. fractus > that is broken, fractured) was invented by the mathematician B. Mandelbrot (The Fractal
Geometry of Nature. W. H. Freeman and Company, 1982) in order to assign a type of objects defined as irregular, different from the
Euclidian figures such as the straight line or the circle. Fractal geometry is actually an abstract theory. A fractal contains, at different levels,
the reason of a shape or function, of a given entity. This recurrent reason inside the smaller unities reproduces the reason of the ensemble
unity. The fractals help the representation of complex natural objects: mountains, clouds, lightening lines, galactic conglomerates etc. In the
same way, the fractals interfere in frame of the determinist chaos theory having applications in different fields, between which there is also
the education, meaning that phenomena such as the education dynamics may be described by a fractal figure. In our approach, the fractal
concept is used not so much in its mathematical acceptation, but mostly in a metaphoric-philosophic meaning.
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