Smoothing it: Some aristotelian misgivings about the phronesis‐praxis perspective on education

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 455-473

  Kristjánsson, Kristján ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Anti theory; Aristotle; Moral particularism; Phronesis; Teaching as praxis

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944476108     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2005.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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