Week 3 reaction – Margaret Irving
Macy & Willer 2001 – From factors to Actors Macy & Willer provide a plethora of examples illustrating the value of ABM in modeling social phenomena. Indeed, these examples are somewhat...
View ArticleMargaret: Week 4 reaction
Among the pet peeves most likely to set me off into a litany of complaints about my frustrations with the human race is rubbernecking by passing drivers at the scene of a car accident. Whilst thinking...
View ArticleMargaret – Week 5 reading reaction
Thinking in levels Wilensky and Resnick’s argument about the importance of thinking in levels made feel a little sheepish about my own tendency to ignore this kind of analytical process. I suppose this...
View ArticleMargaret – Week 6 reaction
Sherin’s discussion about the potential use of computational techniques is particularly instructive – it is clear that these methods are not yet sufficiently sophisticated to completely replace human...
View ArticleEducation outcomes in South Africa
The reform of the South African education system post-apartheid has been largely regarded as a failure by participants and observers alike. Whilst the provision of universally free primary and...
View ArticleWeek 7 reading reaction – Margaret
A&W use ABM to create a space for dialogue between proponents of alternative perspectives on learning theory. While I am not familiar with the social psychology literature, this strikes me as an...
View ArticleWeek 9 reading reaction: Margaret
Over the past few weeks, I have come to increasingly appreciate the potential use of ABMs in creating a forum for interdisciplinary research. Whilst it is often the case that the models produced by...
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Understanding the Dynamics of School Progression
An overview of the complete model This research is grounded in the observation that grade progression in low income South African schools is only weakly linked to actual ability and learning as a...
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