Educational Systems Theory

SIGGS Dynamic Properties (temporal change)

These properties describe patterns in time as change occurs within or between a system and its negasystem. These properties were drawn from information theory, set theory and general systems theory.

20. Educational system environmental change, EC

20.1. "Educational system environmental change is a difference in educational system environment." (p. 48)

21. Educational negasystem environmental change, NEC

21.1. "Educational negasystem environmental change is a difference in educational negasystem environment." (p. 49)

27. Educational system feedin, FI

27.1. "Educational system feedin is transmission of selective information from a negasystem to a system." (p. 51)

28. Educational system feedout, FO

28.1. "Educational system feedout is transmission of selective information from a system to a negasystem." (p. 51)

29. Educational system feedthrough, FT

29.1. "Educational system feedthrough is transmission of selective information from a negasystem through a system to a negasystem." (p. 51)

30. Educational system feedback, FB

30.1. "Educational system feedback is transmission of selective information from a system through a negasystem to a system." (p. 51)

31. Educational system filtration, FL

31.1. "Educational system filtration is restriction of system environment." (p. 52)

32. Educational system spillage, SL

32.1. "Educational system spillage is restriction in feedin." (p. 52)

33. Educational system regulation, RG

33.1. "Educational system regulation is adjustment of fromput." (p. 52)

34. Educational system compatibility, CP

34.1. "Educational system compatibility is commonality between feedin and feedout." (p. 53)

35. Educational system openness, O

35.1. "Educational system openness is feedin and/or feedout." (p. 53)

36. Educational system adaptability, AD

36.1. "Educational system adaptability is difference in compatibility under system environmental change." (p. 53)

37. Educational system efficiency, EF

37.1. "Educational system efficiency is commonality between feedthrough and toput." (p. 53)

60. Educational system selective information, SI

60.1. "Educational system selective information is the amount of selective information." (as defined by the H measure in information theory, p. 63)

61. Educational system size growth, ZG

61.1. "Educational system size growth is increase in size." (p. 63)

62. Educational system complexity growth, XG

62.1. "Educational system complexity growth is increase in complexity." (p. 63)

63. Educational system selective information growth, TG

63.1. "Educational system selective information growth is increase in selective information." (p. 63)

64. Educational system size degeneration, ZD

64.1. "Educational system size degeneration is decrease in size." (p. 64)

65. Educational system complexity degeneration, XD

65.1. "Educational system complexity degeneration is decrease in complexity." (p.64)

66. Educational system selective information degeneration, TD

66.1. "Educational system selective information degeneration is decrease in selective information." (p. 64)

67. Educational system stability, SB

67.1. "Educational system stability is no change with respect to conditions." (p. 64)

68. Educational system state steadiness, SS

68.1. "Educational system state steadiness is stability under system environmental change." (p. 65)

69. Educational system state determinacy, SD

69.1. "Educational system state determinacy is derivability of conditions from one and only one state." (p. 65)

70. Educational system equifinality, EL

70.1. "Educational system equifinality is derivability of conditions from other states." (p. 65)

71. Educational system homeostasis, HS

71.1. "Educational system homeostasis is equifinality under system environmental change." (p.66)

72. Educational Negasystem stress, SE

72.1. "Educational system stress is change beyond certain limits of negasystem state." (p. 66)

73. Educational system strain, SA

73.1. "Educational system strain is change beyond certain limits of system state." (p. 67)

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