Disrupting Class
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Disrupting Class is a book by Clayton Christensen that applies his theory of disruptive innovation to explain and forecast transformative changes in the education system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Disrupting Class canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8242236 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Disrupting Class Context triple: [Clayton Christensen, notableWork, Disrupting Class]
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A.
A New Culture of Learning
A New Culture of Learning is a book that explores how digital networks, play, and participatory culture can transform education and lifelong learning in the 21st century.
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B.
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined is a book by educator and entrepreneur Sal Khan that outlines his vision for transforming traditional schooling through mastery-based, technology-supported, globally accessible education.
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C.
Freedom to Learn
Freedom to Learn is an influential book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores student-centered, experiential approaches to education and personal growth.
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D.
The Crisis in Education
"The Crisis in Education" is an essay by Hannah Arendt that examines the breakdown of traditional educational authority and its implications for modern society.
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E.
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope is a collection of essays by bell hooks that explores progressive, engaged, and transformative approaches to education grounded in social justice and critical pedagogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Disrupting Class Target entity description: Disrupting Class is a book by Clayton Christensen that applies his theory of disruptive innovation to explain and forecast transformative changes in the education system.
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A.
A New Culture of Learning
A New Culture of Learning is a book that explores how digital networks, play, and participatory culture can transform education and lifelong learning in the 21st century.
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B.
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined is a book by educator and entrepreneur Sal Khan that outlines his vision for transforming traditional schooling through mastery-based, technology-supported, globally accessible education.
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C.
Freedom to Learn
Freedom to Learn is an influential book by humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers that explores student-centered, experiential approaches to education and personal growth.
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D.
The Crisis in Education
"The Crisis in Education" is an essay by Hannah Arendt that examines the breakdown of traditional educational authority and its implications for modern society.
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E.
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope is a collection of essays by bell hooks that explores progressive, engaged, and transformative approaches to education grounded in social justice and critical pedagogy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| argues |
disruptive innovations start in areas of nonconsumption
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online learning will grow through disruptive trajectories ⓘ schools struggle to improve because of existing system architecture ⓘ technology can enable mass customization in education ⓘ |
| author |
Clayton M. Christensen
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linked to:
Clayton Christensen
Curtis W. Johnson ⓘ Michael B. Horn ⓘ |
| basedOnTheory | disruptive innovation theory ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| educationalLevel |
graduate
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professional ⓘ |
| genre |
business
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education ⓘ innovation ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
disruptive vs sustaining innovations in education
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individualized learning pathways ⓘ modular vs interdependent school systems ⓘ role of policy in enabling disruption ⓘ student jobs-to-be-done in learning ⓘ |
| influencedField |
edtech entrepreneurship
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education policy ⓘ school reform initiatives ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
K–12 education
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disruptive innovation ⓘ education reform ⓘ educational technology ⓘ personalized learning ⓘ |
| notableFor |
applying disruptive innovation theory to education
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forecasting growth of online learning in schools ⓘ |
| predicts | widespread adoption of online learning in K–12 education ⓘ |
| proposes |
modular, customizable curriculum
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student-centric learning models ⓘ use of online learning to transform schools ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Innovator's Dilemma
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The Innovator's Solution ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
business and innovation professionals
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educators ⓘ policy makers ⓘ school administrators ⓘ |
| usedIn |
education leadership programs
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education policy seminars ⓘ teacher preparation courses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Disrupting Class Description of subject: Disrupting Class is a book by Clayton Christensen that applies his theory of disruptive innovation to explain and forecast transformative changes in the education system.
Referenced by (2)
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