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Friday, February 22, 2008

DEFINE: FRONESIS

Fronesis-the third dimension of knowledge, learning, and evaluation

Fronesis, is the "political knowledge", that is the ability to understand and interpret the situation at hand and decide about appropriate actions.

What is new in our time is that the general situation is very different from what the teacher has experienced, and from what previous generations have met.
Fronesis today is the most important dimension of knowledge
Traditional examination can check the Episteme capability and Techne can be checked by practical demonstration: playing the piano, building an electronic device, etc.
Examination of Fronesis needs special consideration.

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