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*Where the productive begins with a plan or design, the practical cannot have such a concrete starting point. Instead, we begin with a question or situation. We then start to think about this situation in the light of our understanding of what is good or what makes for human flourishing. Thus, for Aristotle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotlele], praxis is guided by a moral disposition to act truly and rightly; a concern to further human well being and the good life. This is what the Greeks called phronesis and requires an understanding of other people. | *Where the productive begins with a plan or design, the practical cannot have such a concrete starting point. Instead, we begin with a question or situation. We then start to think about this situation in the light of our understanding of what is good or what makes for human flourishing. Thus, for '''''Aristotle'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotlele], praxis is guided by a moral disposition to act truly and rightly; a concern to further human well being and the good life. This is what the Greeks called '''''phronesis'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phronesis] and requires an understanding of other people. | ||
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'''SEE ALSO''' | '''SEE ALSO''' | ||
* Scientific Method [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method] | * '''''Scientific Method''''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method] | ||
'''Works cited:''' | '''Works cited:''' | ||
* Beyond | * Bernstein, Richard. ''Beyond objectivism and Relativism: Science, Hermeneutics, and Praxis''. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983. | ||
* | * Carr, W. and Kemmis, S. ''Becoming critical: education knowledge and action research.'' London: Falmer Press, 1986. | ||
* | * Freire, Paulo. ''Pedagogy of the Oppressed''. New York: Herder and Herder, 1970. | ||
* Wikipedia ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page | * Wikipedia ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page | ||