Session Information
09 SES 9.5 PE/PS, Poster Exhibition / Poster Session
Contribution
Extending the chance for people from diverse backgrounds and different local contexts to participate in educational processes has become to be a fundamental demand of policymakers. In the age of the “retreat of the state” scholars of diverse disciplines call for “new partnerships” that integrate state and non-state actors and accept political responsibility in the field of education. Recently, there are more and more regional social networks that emerge in order to find common solutions for current problems and to participate in educational processes. These networks are, however, fraught with problems due to uncertainty, deficient reciprocity and a lack of trust. Uncertainty within the networks may even hinder them from getting powerful, expanding and taking over responsibility.
At the same time there is a considerable lack of research with respect to the role of uncertainty for processes of learning in social networks. While conventional approaches like probability studies and statistics often provide poor conceptions for capturing our knowledge about complex and adaptive systems, more elaborated methodologies are urgently needed.
How can we explain the impact of uncertainty for participation in social networks in different local contexts? How do changes in participation influence the network's emerging overall behaviour? How likely will the dynamics of information unfold within the underlying social network?
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