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This chapter analyses a series of narratives constructed by and between ‘Chad’, a post-Access student, and one of the authors, an educational researcher. Chad’s narratives represent some of the experiences she had during her textiles degree. It is argued that how well students use their practical wisdom is partly dependent on the quality of the education they have received. A key question here is the extent to which mature adults sometimes continue to make poor decisions and to act in ways that perpetuate their sufferings because they do not exercise their potential to act with phronesis or practical wisdom? This discussion recounts some noticeable elements of Chad’s story that sometimes are linked to phronesis while at other times point to the absence of it.
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Broadhead, S., Gregson, M. (2018). Chad’s Deliberations About Her Education in Art and Design. In: Practical Wisdom and Democratic Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73311-1_4
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