caa a22 4500 605520356 CHVBK 20210128100735.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11213-014-9327-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11213-014-9327-y Dynamic Complexity, Entropy, and Coordination in Educational Systems: A Simulation of Strategic and Exogenous Interventions [Elektronische Daten] [Porfirio Guevara, Alfred Posch] When viewed through the lens of the laws of thermodynamics and complexity theory, educational systems can provide relevant and reliable information for understanding and predicting policy performance over time. The model presented here describes an endogenous closed system that conserves matter and replicates aggregate patterns observed in reality, including the tendency of entropy to increase toward a maximum level, as a result of internal positive feedbacks. Simulations are used to help understand the long-term impact of exogenous events such as changes in educatedpopulation, per capita income, and school infrastructure. The resulting changes in the system's steady-state equilibrium suggest conditions that may promote a sustainable transition toward universal primary education. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Feedbacks nationallicence Nonlinearities nationallicence Complexity nationallicence Entropy nationallicence Multiple steady-states nationallicence Resilience nationallicence Guevara Porfirio Institute of Systems Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research, University of Graz, Merangasse 18/I, 8010, Graz, Austria aut Posch Alfred Institute of Systems Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research, University of Graz, Merangasse 18/I, 8010, Graz, Austria aut Systemic Practice and Action Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/2(2015-04-01), 179-196 1094-429X 28:2<179 2015 28 11213 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-014-9327-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-014-9327-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Guevara Porfirio Institute of Systems Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research, University of Graz, Merangasse 18/I, 8010, Graz, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Posch Alfred Institute of Systems Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research, University of Graz, Merangasse 18/I, 8010, Graz, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Systemic Practice and Action Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/2(2015-04-01), 179-196 1094-429X 28:2<179 2015 28 11213