Praxis
Praxis is an amazing word that describes what all learning in organizations and communities needs to be, as opposed to the usual slides-and-games that waste everyone’s time.
First … Praxis is the process by which a theory or lesson
becomes part of lived experience. Rather than a lesson being simply
absorbed at the intellectual level in a classroom, ideas are tested and
experienced in the real world, followed by an opportunity for
reflective contemplation. In this way, abstract concepts are connected
with lived reality.
and … Praxis is a complex activity by which individuals
create culture and society, and become critically conscious human
beings. Praxis comprises a cycle of action-reflection-action which is
central to liberatory education. Characteristics of praxis include
self-determination (as opposed to coercion), intentionality (as opposed
to reaction), creativity (as opposed to homogeneity), and rationality
(as opposed to chance).
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