Phronesis: deliberative judgement as a key competence in the post-Covid educational environment.

McDermott, Roger; Daniels, Mats

Abstract

The global Covid19 pandemic which began in early 2020 is one of the most socially disruptive events to have occurred since the Second World War. It has left a profound mark on the institutions of society, including those charged with education, and its effects will be felt for many years. In this paper, we discuss some of the effects that public health policies have had on the practice of teaching, learning and assessment in the United Kingdom. We review at some of the literature on how current students have coped with the experience of education during Covid and look at potential difficulties that new students may now face when entering university. We suggest that the concept of phronesis, that is practical wisdom or prudential judgement, which can also be thought of as the faculty for making deliberative and evaluative judgements about courses of action, will be a crucial element of any recovery pedagogy since the problems faced are context-dependent and generally involve finding the most effective solutions among a range of options.

Citation

MCDERMOTT, R. and DANIELS, M. 2022. Phronesis: deliberative judgement as a key competence in the post-Covid educational environment. In Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Frontiers in education conference (FIE 2022), 8-11 October 2022, Uppsala, Sweden. Piscataway: IEEE [online], article 9962515. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962515

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 2022 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Frontiers in education conference (FIE 2022)
• Start Date: Oct 8, 2022
• End Date: Oct 11, 2022
• Acceptance Date: Apr 25, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Oct 8, 2022
• Publication Date: Nov 29, 2022
• Deposit Date: Dec 1, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 1, 2022
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Series ISSN: 2377-634X
• ISBN: 9781665462440
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962515
• Keywords: COVID-19; Covid pandemic; Phronesis; Deliberative judgement; Student experience; Knowledge engineering; Pandemics; Education; Task analysis; Public healthcare; Faces
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1823631