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Some articles and papers are available here. Look for those that are linked (indicated in boldface & with underlines).

Books

Book Chapters

  • Bloom, J. W. (2017). Addiction, education, and beyond: Pathological patterns and contexts. In N. Bateson and M. Witkowska-Jaworska (Eds.), Batesoniana Polonica I: Towards an ecology of mind: Batesonian legacy continued (pp. 27—45). Dąbrowie Górnicza: Wydawnictwo Naukowe.
  • Bloom, J.W. (2016). Qualitative research in the complexity sciences: A Batesonian perspective for education (pp. 23—37). In M. Koopmans & D. Stamovlasis (Eds.), Complex dynamical systems in education: Concepts, methods, and applications. New York: Springer. Purchase here: • Better World Books
  • Bloom, J. W. (2014). Complexity, patterns, and creativity. In D. Ambrose, B. Sriraman, and K. M. Pierce (Eds.), A critique of creativity and complexity: Deconstructing clichés. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. Purchase here:  Better World Books
  • Bloom, J. W., & Volk, T. (2012). Metapatterns for research into complex systems of learning. In N. M. Seel, (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning (pp. 2243—2247). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer—Verlag.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2012). The nature and dynamics of relationships in learning and teaching. In D. J. Loveless & B. Griffith (eds.), The interdependence of teaching and learning. Charlotte, NC: IAP. Purchase here:  Better World Books
  • Bloom, J. W. (1996). Learning and change from cognitive and sociocultural perspectives: The issue of contextual flexibility. In V. K. Gupta (Ed.), Science and technology education: New thrusts and recent trends. Chandigarh, India: Arun Publishing House. — Pre-publication manuscript of chapter can be downloaded here.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1992). Contexts of meaning and conceptual integration: How children understand and learn. In R. A. Duschl and R. Hamilton (Eds.), Philosophy of science, cognitive science in educational theory and practice (pp. 177-194). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. Purchase here:  Better World Books

Articles Published in Journals & Other Media

Papers & Presentations

  • Bloom, J. W. (2021, July). The Dynamics of Meaning Expression and Communication Among People, Dogs, and Other Creatures. Paper presented at the annual Gathering in Biosemiotics, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Bloom, J. W. (2017, November). Complex learning and teaching across cycles, arrows, and breaks in time. A paper presented in a symposium, “The Time of Gregory Bateson: Metapatterns and Beyond,” at the annual meeting of the Society for Science, Literature, and the Arts, Tempe, AZ.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2017, June). Addiction, education, and beyond: Pathological patterns and contexts. A paper presented at the Second Bateson Symposium, Mikolow, Poland.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2013, June). Teaching ecology and systems thinking: A return. A paper presented at the annual Indigenous Language & Education Conference, Flagstaff.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2012). Teaching “An ecology of mind”: Teaching—learning as personal and social recursive systems. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cybernetics, cosponsored with the Bateson Idea Group, Pacific Grove, CA.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2012). Issues in complexity research and practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2012). Discussion of the film, “An ecology of mind: A daughter’s portrait of Gregory Bateson.” Panel discussant at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2012). Discussant for the film, “An ecology of mind: A daughter’s portrait of Gregory Bateson.” Two showings of the film at the Sedona International Film Festival, Sedona, AZ.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2011). Relationships, systems, complexity: An examination of social imagination in classroom, school, and university communities. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2010). Systems thinking, pattern thinking, and abductive thinking as key elements of complex learning. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO, May.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2009). Issues in learning and cognition as complex systems. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, April.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2009). Pattern thinking, systems thinking and complex-transferrable learning in education for sustainability. A paper prepared for the Education Sustainability Infusion Project of the Coconino County Sustainable Economic Development Initiative, October.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2008). How do current research methodologies involved in case studies fit with chaos and complexity theories? A presentation at the annual meeting of the Chaos and Complexity Theories SIG Business Meeting at the conference of the American Educational Research Association, New York, March.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2007). A theoretical model of learning for complexity: Depth, extent, abstraction, and transfer of learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 11.
  • Morgan, P., & Bloom, J. W. (2007). Short-term research experiences with teachers in earth and planetary sciences and a model for integrating research into classroom inquiry. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.
  • Bloom, J. W., & Baca-Spry, A. (2006). Resistance-Engagement continuum in inquiry-based elementary science methods courses. Report, Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education, Northern Arizona University.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2005). Discussion: “Gregory Bateson, Culture and Mind.” Discussant for Chaos and Complexity Special Interest Group session at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Ontario, Canada (April).
  • Bloom, J. W. (2004). Multiple perspectives of patterns & complexity in education & beyond: Influences from the legacy of Gregory Bateson. Poster presentation at the conference: Bateson @ 100: Multiple Versions of the World. Berkeley, CA (November 23).
  • Bloom, J. W. (2004, October). The application of chaos, complexity, and emergent (meta)patterns to research in teacher education. A paper presented at the annual Complexity Science and Educational Research Conference, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2004, April). Extending the analysis of chaotic and complex systems in education: The use of metapatterns and other broadly applicable concepts. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2003, March). Entering the community of teachers: The difficulties and prospects in raising the bar of expectations in an elementary science methods course. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia.
  • Bloom, J. W., & Volk, T. (2003, March). The use of metapatterns (and chaos and complexity) as analytical, design, and conceptual frameworks. Pre-conference session to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Philadelphia.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2002, April). Conflicts and concerns in an elementary teachers’ science group: A metapatterns analysis of emergence, complexity, and issues of schooling. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2002, April). Assumptions of Western schooling and the basic principles of Buddhism: The Karma Kargyü school of Tibetan Buddhism and Shambhala. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2002, April). Entering the community of scholars. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2001, March). Chaos, complexity, and metapatterns in discourse and learning: A perspective on developing complex understandings. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, St. Louis, MO.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2001, April). Chaotic and complex systems in children’s thinking and learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.
  • Bloom, J. W., & Lunetta, V. (2001, January). Creating a classroom community of young scientists in high school. A pre-conference workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, Costa Mesa, CA.
  • Lunetta, V., & Bloom, J. W. (2001, January). Developing central program goals and themes to facilitate effective science teacher education. Interactive session at the annual meeting Association for the Education of Teachers of Science, Costa Mesa, CA.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2001, October). Creating inquiry environments that build on children’s curiosity and questions. Workshop at the annual meeting of the Arizona Science Teachers Association, Phoenix.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2000, April). Chaos, complexity, and patterns that connect. Focus symposium for the Chaos and Complexity Special Interest Group at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2000, April). Discourse, cognition, and chaotic systems: An examination of students’ argument about density. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2000, May). Summit On Science and NARST. Symposium offered at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, New Orleans.
  • Bloom, J. W. (2000, June). Pond studies and teaching and learning through inquiry. Workshop for teachers at the Flagstaff Arboretum.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1999, September). Using children’s ideas and conversations in science to integrate across the curriculum. A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northern Arizona Reading Council, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1999, April). Patterns that connect: Rethinking our approach to learning and teaching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal. — ERIC Document version: ERIC: ED 430 027.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1999, March). Using video and audio taping for formal and informal research in the classroom. Paper presented as a part of a symposium at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Boston.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1998, April). The implications of evolutionary patterns on learning: Issues of variation, non-linearity, and non-progressivism. Paper presented in a symposium, The implications of evolution as a metaphor for learning, at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1996, November). Contexts of meaning and children’s discourse. Paper presented at the Atlantic Educators Conference, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1996, April). A unit on buoyancy: Meanings, understandings, and engagement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1995). Classroom discourse and cognition: An extended argument about density. Manuscript, July. Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Acadia University.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1995, June). Children’s discourse and understanding: A unit on buoyancy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Montreal.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1995, April). The development of children’s discourse during a unit on buoyancy. Paper presented in a symposium, Language in Science Learning, at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Francisco.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1995, April). A conceptual and discourse analysis of grade 5 students’ definitions of machines. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1994). Views of life on Earth: Children’s narratives and contexts of meaning. Manuscript. Kingston, Ontario: Queen’s University.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1994, June). A grade 5 unit on machines: Children’s understandings and discourse. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Calgary, Alberta.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1994, April). Student understandings and contexts of meaning in science. Invited presentation at the Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India.
  • Bloom, J. W., & Dagher, Z. (1993, April). The meaning children attach to the notion of Earth and life on Earth: A comparative study between Canadian and Lebanese children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Atlanta.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1993, June). Young children’s understandings of machines: A contexts of meaning perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Ottawa.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1992, April). Conceptual change or contextual flexibility: The myth of restructuring and replacing conceptions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1992). Conceptual change and the myth of restructuring and replacing conceptions. Manuscript revision. Kingston, Ontario: Queen’s University.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1991, June). Conceptual change or conceptual integration: What’s really possible? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Kingston, Ontario.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1991, April). Contexts of meaning and the development of knowledge in elementary school children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1990, June). Contexts of meaning and children’s understanding of the world. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Victoria, British Columbia.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1990, April). Methodological perspectives in assessing and extending the scope of children’s contexts of meaning: Context maps and drawings. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1990, April). Believe it or not: The legacy of misunderstanding in science and science education. Invited talk, Zoology Department, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
  • Bloom, J. W., & Duschl, R. A. (1990). The solving of biological identification tasks by high school students. An Occasional Publication of the MSTE Group, Faculty of Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1438.4881).
  • Bloom, J. W. (1989, June). Contexts of meaning: Young children’s understanding of biological phenomena. Paper presented at the seventeenth annual conference of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Quebec City, Quebec.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1988, July). Problem solving by high school students. Invited talk, School of Education, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1988, June). Pre-service elementary teachers’ conceptions of science. Paper presented as a part of a symposium at the sixteenth annual conference of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Windsor, Ontario.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1988, April). A case study of evolutionary biologists: Implications for secondary biology curriculum and teacher training. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
  • Bloom, J. W. and Duschl, R. A. (1987, April). Solution strategies for classification tasks by high school biology students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1987, January). The think aloud technique and protocol analysis: A research methodology in biological identification tasks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association, Dallas, TX.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1986, March). Problem solving in biology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Metropolitan Association of Teachers of Science, Museum of Natural Sciences, Houston, TX.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1986). An investigation of problem solving strategies used by students in solving biological classification tasks: Pilot Study. Manuscript. Houston, TX: University of Houston — University Park.
  • Austin, H., Larson, K., Mundy, B., Shepp, R. Gish, J., Croce, T., Bloom, J., Perrot, S., et al. (c. 1975). Report on the environmental impact of Nuclear Reactor Sites at Shoreham, NY on icthyoplankton and fisheries populations in Long Island Sound (specific title is not known). Montauk, NY: New York Ocean Science Laboratory.

Software

  • Bloom, J. W. (1985). Animal Tracks: A Biology Problem Solving Game (Software with companion manual). Houston, TX: Self-Published. — This computer game was developed Apple II series computers; and was used for my doctoral dissertation research, in which I recorded student talk as a think-aloud technique to assess their problem solving approaches. — The software is no longer available, but the User Manual can be downloaded here.
  • Bloom, J. W. (1986). Kreb’s Citric Acid Cycle Simulation (Software). Houston, TX: Biology Department, University of Houston. — This software package was developed for Apple II series computers in order to help students taking biology courses explore and visualize the sequences of chemical reactions in the Kreb’s Citric Acid Cycle or cellular respiration.

Dissertation

Bloom, J. W. (1987). Cognitive strategies used by high school students in solving biological identification tasks [EdD Dissertation]. College of Education, University of Houston.

Bloom, J. W. (1988). Cognitive strategies used by high school students in solving biological identification tasks. Dissertation Abstracts International, 49/05, 1107A.

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