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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"phronesis"”.
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Engaging Phronesis: religious education with primary initial teacher education students
… examination of the concepts of episteme and phronesis. Findings show that overt acknowledgement of the student teachers’ developing professional understandings, situated in decisions which reference values as well as subject knowledge, can alter their understanding and confidence about …
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Executive wisdom: a study of phronesis in modern management practice
… focus on practical knowledge (developed though phronesis), which has largely been ignored in favour of theoretical knowledge (developed through episteme) and specialist craft skills (developed through technê). This thesis contributes to the discourse by analysing phronesis, as the virtue …
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The application of phronesis to teaching and quality management : a case study in further education
… in Further Education in England. The notion of phronesis adopted for this study differs from literal interpretations of Aristotle such as adopted by Kristyansson, (2005) but accords with adaptations of the concept by such as Eisner (2002), Birmingham (2003, 2004) and Hagar (2000). The …
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Specializing in the wholly impossible: A rhetorical analysis of phronesis and kairos in the writings of Nannie Helen Burroughs
… rhetorical strategies that teach and model phronesis (practical wisdom) and kairos (timeliness) together creating a discourse grounded in feminist principles. Her rhetorical strategies are unique because her discourse exposes rhetorical distinctions between the descriptors feminist and …
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Encounters in documentary practice: a narrative hermeneutic inquiry with undergraduate first-time filmmakers.
… this study focuses on the practical knowledge or phronesis that is demanded of documentary filmmakers. Drawing on the virtue practice perspective of Alasdair MacIntyre, the research illuminates the practical and ethical negotiations students make as they go about their documentary filmmaking …
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Forming form: how movement shapes psychotherapists’ practical knowledge
… of psychotherapists. The Aristotelian concept of phronesis is highlighted, referring to practical wisdom and the capacity to relate to situational specifics. The study is positioned within the theory of practical knowledge, employing a method that weaves together three threads: 1) Focus groups and …
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Listening with the third Ear: Exploring the practical philosophy of transcultural understanding
… as an instance of what Aristotle termed phronesis or practical wisdom. As such, culturally competent medical practice is dialogical engagement between patient and health-care provider with the aim of mutual understanding that then facilitates health promotion. \r\nAristotle's concept of …
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Online Anonymity and the Kantian Publicity Principle: Can the Internet Solve the Paradox of Tyranny?
… liberal-democratic tradition, is preferable to phronesis and its attendant elitism and chauvinism. These technologies can open new vistas for liberal-democratic politics.
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Clinical Reasoning by Expert Bobath Instructors
… exposing and illustrating the critical role of phronesis (practical wisdom), in the clinical reasoning process. This thesis highlights the need for a multi-dimensional knowledge base, procedural and conditional knowledge, in addition to declarative knowledge, necessary for clinicians to make …
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An exploration of parents’ perception of Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) in the development of parent voice and authentic, productive and lasting partnerships
… in a liminal space with the practical wisdom (phronesis) needed to deal with complex needs, PRUs can become arbiters in determining pupils’ readiness for reintegration. Trained in advocacy and non-behaviourist, relational approaches, staff can foster lasting partnerships with parents, often …
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Perceptions on developing and implementing a role modelling character education programme in Saudi Arabia
… habituation, which would gradually develop into phronesis-guided virtuosity. He considered what is now referred to as ‘role modelling’ as having a significant influence on children through the emotion of emulation (zēlos). Based on this, the following project uses a mixed-method design to examine …
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Why should physicians read? Understanding clinical judgement and its relation to literary experience
… to the form of knowledge Aristotle called phronesis. In order to explore how literature – drama, novels, poetry – may be related to clinical judgement, a view of literature is presented that emphasizes literature as an invitation to the reader, to be met responsibly and responsively. …
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In the Wake of Abelard: Nominalisms in the Twelfth Century
… informed by practical concerns, guided by phronesis. The anonymous Summa dialetice artis constitutes a valuable illustration of how a form of Abelardian logic was taught, with language at its very core. As for the anonymous “d’Orvillensis” commentary on the Categories, it reveals how the …
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Adult education as professional practice
… of the 'rightness' of practical wisdom (phronesis) as the purpose of adult education as professional practice. Integrationism is thus also constructivist: professionals in any field are expected to make a positive difference. There are general features of the analysis pertinent to any …
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Open Design and medical products : An Open Medical Products methodology.
… in this research the position of design as phronesis, in a similar manner to health practice (Montgomery, 2005) is adopted. This allows for an alignment of the work done in both fields, without the problematic associations with an evidence hierarchy (Gaver & Bowers, 2012; Holmes, Murray, …
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Open design and medical products
… in this research the position of design as phronesis, in a similar manner to health practice (Montgomery, 2005) is adopted. This allows for an alignment of the work done in both fields, without the problematic associations with an evidence hierarchy (Gaver & Bowers, 2012; Holmes, Murray, …
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Towards a postneoliberal health promotion: A journey of reifying, resisting, and reimagining health promotion in and through sport
… from person and place, thus inhibiting the phronesis – practical wisdom – that is necessary for human flourishing. I then close by applying the above insights to the context of sport, and rope skipping in particular, by calling for sport’s ‘radical re/wilding’ if it is to be a setting that …
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Teaching as Practice: Blending the Intellectual and Moral in Pursuit of Science Teachers' Practical Knowledge
… dimension is discussed utilizing the concept of 'phronesis.' Phronetic knowledge is compared with other forms of teacher knowledge within major science education research traditions: Constructivism and sociocultural perspectives. Finally, implications of such a view of knowledge are presented as …
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Martin Heidegger's Critiques of Metaphysics
… “step-back” [Schritt zurück], a new thinking of phronesis, an embodied intuitive thinking. As an original contribution, the dissertation offers a dynamic engagement with Heidegger through a new body-rhythm thinking hermeneutic-phenomenology with the following: Unter-scheidung (as separating or …
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Le conflit des herméneutiques : Gadamer et Ricoeur en débat.
… de la doctrine aristotélicienne de la phronesis nous conduit alors au point de rencontre culminant des deux projets herméneutiques: la similitude entre la catégorie ontologique de l'être-en-dialogue chez Gadamer et la théorie de l'identité narrative chez Ricoeur est à notre avis …
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