Norm Friesen & Carina Henriksson 
Hermeneutic Phenomenology in Education [PDF ebook] 
Method and Practice

Hermeneutic phenomenology is a combination of theory, reflection and practice that interweaves vivid descriptions of lived experience (phenomenology) together with reflective interpretations of their meanings (hermeneutics). This method is popular among researchers in education, nursing and other caring and nurturing practices and professions. Practical and adaptable, it can be at the same time poetic and evocative. As this collection shows, hermeneutic phenomenology gives voice to everyday aspects of educational practice –particularly emotional, embodied and empathic moments– that may be all too easily overlooked in other research approaches. By explicating, illustrating and demonstrating hermeneutic phenomenology as a method for research in education specifically, this book offers an excellent resource for beginning as well as more advanced researchers.

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Introduction; Part I: Introducing Hermeneutic Phenomenology; Debating Phenomenological Research Methods; Experiential Evidence: I, We, You; “An Event in Sound”: Considerations on the Ethical-Aesthetic Traits of the Hermeneutic Phenomenological Text; Cognitive Phenomenology: Tracking the Microtonality in/of Learning; Part II: Hermeneutic Phenomenology: Reflection and Practice; The Creativity of “Unspecialization”: A Contemplative Direction for Integrative Scholarly Practice; Hermeneutic Phenomenology and Pedagogical Practice; Part III: A “Science of Examples”: Illustrations and Adaptations; Children’s Embodied Voices: Approaching Children’s Experiences through Multi-Modal Interviewing; Seeking Pedagogical Places; How Literature Works: Poetry and the Phenomenology of Reader Response.