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Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, realized, applied, or put into practice."Praxis" may also refer to the act of engaging, applying, exercising, realizing, or practising ideas.
Praxis (process), the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, practised, embodied, or realised; Praxis model, a way of doing theology; Praxis (Byzantine Rite), the practice of faith, especially worship; Christian theological praxis, the practice of the Gospel in the world; Praxis School, a Marxist humanist philosophical movement
In philosophy, praxeology or praxiology (/ ˌ p r æ k s i ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i /; from Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (praxis) 'deed, action' and -λογία (-logia) 'study of') is the theory of human action, based on the notion that humans engage in purposeful behavior, contrary to reflexive behavior and other unintentional behavior.
Practice theory (or praxeology, theory of social practices) is a body of social theory within anthropology and sociology that explains society and culture as the result of structure and individual agency. Practice theory emerged in the late 20th century and was first outlined in the work of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu.
The English word theory derives from a technical term in philosophy in Ancient Greek.As an everyday word, theoria, θεωρία, meant "looking at, viewing, beholding", but in more technical contexts it came to refer to contemplative or speculative understandings of natural things, such as those of natural philosophers, as opposed to more practical ways of knowing things, like that of skilled ...
"Praxis involves engaging in a cycle of theory, application, evaluation, reflection, and then back to theory. Social transformation is the product of praxis at the collective level." [12] Critical pedagogue Ira Shor, who was mentored by and worked closely with Freire from 1980 until Freire's death in 1997, [13] defines critical pedagogy as:
Praxis intervention is a form of participatory action research that emphasizes working on the praxis potential, or phronesis, of its participants. This contrasts with other forms of participatory action research, which emphasize the collective modification of the external world. [ 1 ]
Praxis, a transliteration of the Greek word πρᾶξις (derived from the stem of the verb πράσσειν, prassein "to do, to act"), means "practice, action, doing". [1] More particularly, it means either: practice, as distinguished from theory, of an art, science, etc.; or practical application or exercise of a branch of learning;