Exploring Education Through Phenomenology: Diverse Approaches

• Brings together a series of essays by an international team of philosophers and educationalists
• Juxtaposes diverse approaches to phenomenological inquiry and addresses questions of significance for education today
• Demonstrates why phenomenology is a contemporary movement that is both dynamic and varied
• Highlights ways in which phenomenology can inform a broad range of aspects of educational theorising and practice, including learning through the body, writing online, being an authentic teacher, ambiguities in becoming professionals, and school transition

Responding to the resurgence of interest in phenomenology as a philosophy and research movement, this timely book explores some of the contributions of phenomenology to educational practice and research. Through a series of essays written by an international team of renowned philosophers and educationalists, the book highlights the ways in which phenomenology can inform a broad range of aspects of educational theorising and practice, including learning through the body, writing online, being an authentic teacher, ambiguities in becoming professionals, schools as places that disturb the self, and school transition. It juxtaposes diverse approaches to phenomenological inquiry in thoughtfully addressing questions of significance for education today. It thereby demonstrates phenomenology is a contemporary movement that is both dynamic and varied.

Gloria Dall'Alba is a senior lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. In her teaching and research she draws upon hermeneutic phenomenology, especially relating to notions of learning, teaching, professional practice, and inquiry. She has a particular interest in the education of professionals and questions of research methodology.