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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"practical wisdom"”.
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Practical Wisdom in the Office of the School District Superintendent
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine if practical wisdom can be recognized as one factor that may be attributed to the success of individuals sitting in the position of superintendent in a school district. Practical wisdom is defined as something developed over time through experiences and …
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From Reflective Practice to Practical Wisdom: A Phenomenological Study of Preservice Teachers' Educational Growth in a Method Course
… principles of hermeneutic phenomenology and practical philosophy. It was central to this research study to explore the process of educational ""change"" and ""growth"" in preservice teachers' understandings overtime through deliberation, dialogue, and performance in method courses. Theories …
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The Mind of Christ: The Intellectual Virtue of φρόνησις in Paul's Letters
… of the intellectual virtue of φρόνησις, or practical wisdom. Over the course of his letters, Paul defines the intellectual virtue of practical wisdom as a part of the broader transformation of sanctification by the Holy Spirit. Practical wisdom is a quality of the mind of Christ, and since …
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"As Mind to the Body": Prudence and Artificial Memory in the Illustrations and Commentary of George Sandys' Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished (1632)
… for the cultivation of prudence, or practical wisdom. It reveals that the lessons in practical wisdom encoded in the work through the techniques of artificial memory were particularly aimed at political issues and the concerns of rulers. From the work's preoccupation with prudence as …
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Clinical Reasoning by Expert Bobath Instructors
… kinesthetic perception, an aspect of practical wisdom, in the clinical reasoning process. Conclusions: The development of a Bobath clinical framework and explication of the Bobath therapistsâ conceptualization of movement formed a practice epistemology exposing and illustrating the …
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Pre-employment character assessments for United States pretrial services and probation officers
… does Aristotle's theory of moral perception and practical wisdom have to do with law enforcement? I will look at what constitutes human flourishing or eudaimonia and how it relates to law enforcement. Moral perception and judgment are discussed and how perception is necessary in the Federal …
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Specializing in the wholly impossible: A rhetorical analysis of phronesis and kairos in the writings of Nannie Helen Burroughs
… 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 womanist for …
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Law in Aristotle's ethical-political thought
… at the basis for the law's authority in the practical wisdom of the lawgiver. Aristotle identifies legislative wisdom as a form of practical wisdom, and speaks of the lawgiver as a sage. But just as absolute kingship is unlikely, so too is a lawgiver sage. Aristotle's more realistic account …
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The Rhetoric of Benjamin Franklin as an Ethical Model for the Practice of Sales
… phronesis to guide him in his business affairs. Practical wisdom is the specific type of wisdom that Franklin was concerned about when he talked about wisdom in his previous works. His work has influenced the American democratic society for the many proverbs that he wrote in his works. Practical …
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Steel Matters: Communicative Praxis of Community Relations in a Pluralistic Postmodern Society of Information Empowerment
… that can be interpreted and leveraged through practical wisdom for a hermeneutical renewed understanding of corporate communication that I posit to be the metaphor of ethical corporate community communicative praxis. In terms of implications for higher education, this study sets the stage for …
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Collaborative Environmental Decisionmaking: A Power Sharing Process that Achieves Results Through Dialogue
… formal, theoretical knowledge with informal, practical wisdom through face-to-face dialogue among contending parties. It can result in social learning and build social capital.
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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
… PRUs as operating 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 …
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Forming form: how movement shapes psychotherapists’ practical knowledge
… visible and verbalise how movement shapes the 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, …
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Roles and the ethical life.
… of persons, moral education, and the notion of practical wisdom. Last but not the least, due to the universality of roles in various traditions, I propose that Role Ethics can serve as a platform to bring various traditions into meaningful dialogue.
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Adult education as professional practice
… about, and they may ideally exemplify a kind of wisdom in 'knowing why' they act as they do. We will call this the 'integrationist' model of adult education practice. This integrationist thesis, drawing mainly upon Wittgenstein, Kant and Aristotle: * takes the very phenomenon of the practices of …
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Resilience of auxiliary nurses caring for intellectually disabled patients
… from the data. The participants apply their practical wisdom when caring for patients with intellectual disabilities. They also make use of different forms of interactions and they apply strategies that help them to remain resilient. Although some protective mechanisms, such as trust in God, …
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The bridge between technique and presence: an inquiry into the lived experience of group leader presence
… of the implicit’ and Aristotle’s virtuous practical wisdom, charting the growth of the group leader from technique towards sensory presence.
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Searching for the 'Good' in Physiotherapist Practice: Toward an Ethic of Care
… with a relational approach within a framework of practical wisdom may facilitate integration of person-centred approaches with evidence-based practices. The findings call into question the profession’s predominant emphasis on a technical rationalist approach to practice, education, and research, …
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Towards a postneoliberal health promotion: A journey of reifying, resisting, and reimagining health promotion in and through sport
… 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 fosters …
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