HEUTAGOGICAL ECOSYSTEMS AND DIGITAL CONVERGENCE: TOWARDS AN EPISTEMOLOGY OF TRANSDISCIPLINARY SELF-DETERMINATION
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Complex Thinking, Digital Ecosystem, Heutagogy, Self-Determination, TransdisciplinarityAbstract
This theoretical perspective addresses the crisis of traditional andragogy in the face of technological ubiquity, proposing the category of the "Self-Determination Ecosystem" as the cornerstone of a new transdisciplinary epistemology. The objective is to ground heutagogy not as an instrumental tool, but as a power-knowledge device that subverts institutional rigidity in the silicon age. Adopting a dialectical and critical approach, the study confronts the panoptic structures of formal education with the fluidity of self-determined learning networks. Findings suggest the emergence of a culture of cognitive self-determination that redefines the research ethos, transforming doctoral production into a symbiotic, reticulated, and dynamic process. The study concludes that overcoming the linear scientific method is imperative for generating socially relevant science within environments of increasing complexity.
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