Systemic Cognition and Education

Ibrahim Halloun is recognized worldwide for his seminal contributions to education. He is particularly known for his work on students’ intuitive ideas about the physical world and their novice views about knowing and learning science, and for turning scientific models and modeling into pedagogical tools and methodology for experiential, meaningful learning of physics and other STEM disciplines at the secondary school and university levels.Prof. Halloun has contributed to curriculum reform in many countries around the globe, and was behind several initiatives for systemic reform. He has been focused lately on systematizing the entire educational enterprise under systemic paradigms that meet the realities of the 21st century and that empower students to think outside the box and excel in various aspects of life. Systemic, praxis-immersive, convergence education (SPICE) is at the core of his attention, especially cross- and trans-disciplinarity that efficiently bridge traditional divides among disciplines from different fields like arts and science that are often misconceived as remotely related to each other.