Metastable Coordination Dynamics of Collaborative Creativity in Educational Settings

Sustainability

Robert Hristovski¹  Maricarmen Almarcha²  Natàlia Balagué²  Carlota Torrents³  J.A. Scott Kelso⁴ 

[1] Complex Systems in Sport Research Group, Faculty of Physical Education, Sport and Health, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia;Complex Systems in Sport Research Group, National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), University of Barcelona, 08038 Barcelona, Spain;Complex Systems in Sport Research Group, National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), University of Lleida, 25192 Lleida, Spain;Human Brain and Behavior Laboratory, Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fl 33432, USA;

关键词: coordination dynamics;    cooperative learning;    synergy;    constraints;    collaborative creativity;    complex systems;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su13052696

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Educational systems consider fostering creativity and cooperation as two essential aims to nurture future sustainable citizens. The cooperative learning approach proposes different pedagogical strategies for developing creativity in students. In this paper, we conceptualize collaborative creativity under the framework of coordination dynamics and, specifically, we base it on the formation of spontaneous multiscale synergies emerging in complex living systems when interacting with cooperative/competitive environments. This conception of educational agents (students, teachers, institutions) changes the understanding of the teaching/learning process and the traditional roles assigned to each agent. Under such an understanding, the design and co-design of challenging and meaningful learning environments is a key aspect to promote the spontaneous emergence of multiscale functional synergies and teams (of students, students and teachers, teachers, institutions, etc.). According to coordination dynamics, cooperative and competitive processes (within and between systems and their environments) are seen not as opposites but as complementary pairs, needed to develop collaborative creativity and increase the functional diversity potential of teams. Adequate manipulation of environmental and personal constraints, nested in different level and time scales, and the knowledge of their critical (tipping) points are key aspects for an adequate design of learning environments to develop synergistic creativity.

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