Phenomenology of Practice
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Phenomenology of Practice
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Presents a detailed description of key concepts and leading scholars of phenomenology as it has evolved over the past centuryโthoughtfully works through the methodological issues of phenomenological reflection, empirical methods, and writing that various phenomenological approaches offer for the applied researcher.
Max van Manen offers an extensive exploration of phenomenological traditions and methods for the human sciences. This is his first comprehensive statement of phenomenological thought and research in over a decade.
Phenomenology of Practice refers to the meaning and practice of phenomenology in professional contexts such as psychology, education, and health care, as well as to the practice of phenomenological methods in contexts of everyday living. Van Manen presents a detailed description of key phenomenological ideas as they have evolved over the past century. He then thoughtfully works through the methodological issues of phenomenological reflection, empirical methods, and writing that a phenomenology of practice offers to the researcher.
Van Manenโs comprehensive work will be of great interest to all concerned with the interrelationship between being and acting in human sciences research and in everyday life.
Max van Manen is the editor of the series Phenomenology of Practice, available at Routledge.
Series: Phenomenology of Practice
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781611329438
Publisher: Left Coast Press Inc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 31 March 2014
Country: United States
Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 1940g
Pages: 412
About the Author
Max van Manen is emeritus Professor in Research Methods, Pedagogy and Curriculum Studies in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta and Adjunct Professor at the University of Victoria. He is the leading proponent of the practise and meaning of phenomenological inquiry in pedagogy, psychology, health science and the human sciences. Van Manen is author of five books, including the influential Researching Lived Experience and has had his books translated into nine languages. He has also authored over 100 articles and chapters on pedagogy, health science, qualitative research methods and phenomenology. He founded the journal Phenomenology and Pedagogy and developed the website ""PhenomenologyOnline"". He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Curriculum Division of the American Educational Research Association among numerous other awards and distinctions.
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