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    Purpose: Commenting on the transcript of a lecture. Findings: The document reconstructs the development of the original 1973 lecture by Heinz von Foerster into his best-known paper, On Constructing a Reality. Many aspects of that paper can be identified as being shaped through interaction with the audience. Implications: The lecture documented here was a forerunner of a central paper in constructivism
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    Does Second-Order Cybernetics Provide a Framework for Theatre Studies?
    Constructivist Foundations 11 (3): 618-619. 2016.
    Open peer commentary on the article ““Black Box” Theatre: Second-Order Cybernetics and Naturalism in Rehearsal and Performance” by Tom Scholte. Upshot: Scholte’s attempt to link theatre studies with cybernetics faces at least two problems: historically, there could not have been any direct influence between these two fields; and conceptually, do we need second-order cybernetics, and the concept of the black box in particular, to account for the Stanislavski system?
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    Correction to: Learning About Archaeology and Prehistoric Life
    with M. Besse, S. Fragnière, M. Piguet, L. Dubois, D. Miéville, S. Schoeb, and D. Schumacher
    Science & Education 29 (1): 213-219. 2020.
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    Learning About Archaeology and Prehistoric Life
    with M. Besse, S. Fragnière, M. Piguet, L. Dubois, D. Miéville, S. Schoeb, and D. Schumacher
    Science & Education 28 (6-7): 759-795. 2019.
    This article is about an intervention introducing prehistoric life in primary education. Its objectives were to foster openness and interest for prehistory and archaeology, as well as content knowledge and conceptual learning with a focus on four main facets: basic knowledge about prehistoric life; conceptual learning/change regarding prehistory; learning about archaeologists and archaeology as a scientific discipline; and learning about interactions of archaeology and other disciplines. Student…Read more