Systems Theory for Pragmatic Schooling: Toward Principles of Democratic Education

Craig A. Cunningham is Associate Professor of Advanced Studies in Teaching, Educational Foundations, and Technology in Education at National Louis University, Chicago, USA.

• 1. The Schooling We Have 2. The Nature of Nature 3. Systems 4. The Complexities of Schooling 5. Learners and Learning 6. Teachers and Teaching 7. The Schooling We Need 8. Epilogue

“Craig Cunningham provides a detailed and accessible text dealing with Dewey, systems theory, and a notion of schooling that contrasts with much of what goes on in the name of education in the contemporary United States. … his book is the most accessible introduction to systems theory, not only in education, but in the wider social science literature as well. It is an excellent book for use in the classroom.” (Richard Quantz and Deron Boyles, Educational Theory, Vol. 67 (1), 2017)