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Grint's techne–episteme–phronesis framework: authenticity and wisdom can be learned from experience but not taught

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The article adopts Grint's (2007) Aristotelian framework distinguishing three leadership development areas with separate outcomes: techne (teachable skills such as emotional intelligence and vision), episteme (the body of research and theory), and phronesis (experience-based wisdom in reading situations and self-reactions). The article argues most leadership courses cover only the first two, and that "leadership development can only be learned though one‟s own life experiences", motivating its learner-centred, experience-based design.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Learning of phronesis must draw on students' own experiences outside the classroom rather than instructor-led classroom exercises

Constraints

  • The article frames the framework as applying to highly personal areas such as integrity, wisdom and authenticity, which it argues cannot be taught

Target Learners

  • undergraduate business degree students in elective leadership courses

Learning Goals

  • authentic leadership development
  • self-awareness
  • wisdom (phronesis) from experience

Claims

  • Best Authentic Self Exercise Positive Evaluations [+W]

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Maree Roche. (2010). Learning Authentic Leadership In New Zealand: A Learner-Centred Methodology And Evaluation. American Journal of Business Education, Volume 3, Number 3. https://clutejournals.com/index.php/AJBE
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title Grint's techne–episteme–phronesis framework: authenticity and wisdom can be learned from experience but not taught
description The article adopts Grint's (2007) Aristotelian framework distinguishing three leadership development areas with separate outcomes: techne (teachable skills such as emotional intelligence and vision), episteme (the bod...
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