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Phenomenology of Practice

Meaning-Giving Methods in Phenomenological Research and Writing
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Phenomenology of Practice by Max Van Manen provides an in-depth exploration of phenomenological traditions and methodologies within the human sciences. It focuses on the practical application of phenomenology in professional fields such as psychology, education, and health care, as well as in everyday life. Van Manen offers a detailed account of key phenomenological concepts developed over the past century and addresses methodological concerns including reflection, empirical methods, and writing. This comprehensive work highlights the dynamic relationship between being and acting in both research and practical contexts.
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This book is suited for researchers, practitioners, and students in philosophy, psychology, education, and health care who are interested in phenomenological approaches and human sciences research.

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Presents a detailed description of key concepts and leading scholars of phenomenology as it has evolved over the past centuryโ€”thoughtfully works through the methodological issues of phenomenological reflection, empirical methods, and writing that various phenomenological approaches offer for the applied researcher.

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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 Manenโ€™s 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.

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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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