Educational Systems Theory

Property: Educational System Feedin (FI)

Definition:

"Educational system feedin is transmission of selective information from a negasystem to a system."

Comments:

Note that Macia and Macia distinguish between toput, feedin, and input. The original notion of input in general systems theory could mean any or all of these senses (toput, feedin, input). In SIGGS theory, input is taken only as a system with selective information. Toput is the system's choice environment, and feedin is the process through which toput become input.

Illustration:

Examples:

Feedin is a dynamic system property. When students get on the bus and enter school in the morning, this is educational system feedin.

When schools purchase and install computer systems, this is educational system feedin.

When schools buy textbooks and computer software, this is educational feedin.

When money is collected from taxpayers and deposit in educational system bank accounts, this is feedin.

When schools admit new students at the beginning of fall semester, this is feedin.

When schools hire new teachers, this is feedin.

When schools contract with a construction company to build a new auditorium, this is feedin.

In a respiratory system, when a human inhales air into his lungs, this is feedin.

In a public transportation system, when a person gets on the bus, this is feedin.

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Hypotheses Containing the Property:

feedin

19. If educational system feedin increases, then fromput increases to some value and then decreases.

20. If educational system feedin increases, then spillage increases.

48. If educational system (feedin increases and feedout is constant and compatibility is constant) or (feedin is constant and feedout increases and compatibility is constant) or (feedin is constant and feedout is constant and compatibility decreases), then openness increases.

49. If educational system (feedin decreases and feedout is constant and compatibility is constant) or (feedin is constant and feedout decreases and compatibility is constant) or (feedin is constant and feedout is constant and compatibility increases), then openness decreases.

51. Change in educational system feedin is greater than change in feedout.

52. Educational system efficiency is equal to the maximum efficiency if and only if feedin is equivalent to feedout.

91. If educational system feedin decreases, then unilateralness decreases.

92. If educational system feedin less than some value decreases, then hierarchical order decreases.

93. If educational system feedin decreases, then complexity degeneration increases.

97. If educational system feedin increases and compatibility is nearly minimum, then disconnectivity increases.

102. If educational system interdependence increases, then feedin increases.

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