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The 4E Education

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In this chapter consideration is given to what is passed on to us, what passes through generations to reach and form us and what experiences are brought with us to our interaction. According to the author, the components that come from our past experiences to our interaction flows and episodes are interconnected in a complex adaptive sub-system which is part of the interaction supercomplex adaptive system. This sub-system is one of the 4Es and is called Education. It is described in this chapter together with its main components which are formal, non-formal, informal and self-education and culture and an explanation of how it can be seen as a complex adaptive system and how it fits in with the interaction supercomplex adaptive system is given along with a detailed example.

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  1. School of Language and Global Studies, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, UK

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Orange, V. (2019). The 4E Education. In: Supercomplexity in Interaction. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28018-5_6

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