I've been reading more and more about praxis, and I was beginning to wonder if our project is grounded in praxis theory. So I had multiple conversations (including an email with Diane....duh? Why didn't I use the blog. Another implication to consider: Reverting to familiar technology to communicate) about praxis, and I think our approach to this project falls more under praxis than pragmatism. Although praxis seems to be derived from pragmatism much the same way social constructionism stems from constructivism.
Schwandt says one version of praxis is concerned with "improving practice by designing ways of getting knowledge (theory) somehow better aligned with or connected to practice (i.e., by beginning an inquiry with practioners' own knowledge, doing coresearch, etc.)
We should discuss this with Dr. Pagnucci tomorrow. But maybe building our framework around the concept of praxis will alleviate some of the questions we had (and discussed through the google doc) about focusing our theory through one lens.
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