PHENOMENOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
This book is a dynamic introduction to the way education
researchers can conduct fieldwork, transcribe interviews,
explicate data and address ethical issues in education, while
remaining true to the phenomenological circle.
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This scholarly text introduces educational researchers to the principles of the philosophical approach of phenomenology. The book highlights the extensive influence and ideas of the key foundational thinkers in phenomenology, Husserl, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, as well as introducing the work of various other phenomenologists to show how this approach can be applied to research in the field of education. The book is also a dynamic introduction to the way education researchers can conduct fieldwork, transcribe interviews, explicate data and address ethical issues in education, while remaining true to the phenomenological circle. Each of these aspects is presented in a way that addresses the numerous questions that many educational researchers who are new to the field of phenomenology might grapple with.
Meet the authors
Karen Joy Koopman
Is a Lecturer in Education Practice and Method of Commerce modules in the Faculty of Education in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of the Western Cape, in Cape Town, South Africa. She completed her PhD at Stellenbosch University. Her research focus has mainly been on phenomenology and its relevance to curriculum studies. Dr Koopman has published both in continental and international journals drawing on the phenomenological philosophies of Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty.
Oscar Koopman
Is a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry in the Faculty of Education at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, in Cape Town, South Africa. His primary area of research focusses on phenomenology, science and curriculum issues. Dr Koopman is also the author of two monographs entitled Science Education and Curriculum in South Africa published by Palgrave MacMillan and Science Education and Pedagogy in South Africa, published by Peter Lang. Additionally, he has published articles in both continental and international journals. In 2019 he received the global scholar award to visit Brock University in Niagara, Canada where he currently serves on the advisory board of the Teaching Nelson Mandela Project which advocates for the advancement of human rights through education.