Phenomenological Inquiry in Education

Edwin Creely is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. His research interests include creativity, poetry, literacy, digital pedagogy and school leadership. Edwin has a strong interest in phenomenological research and theory, as well as ethnography, and explores new models for educational research.

Phenomenological Inquiry in Education presents examples of phenomenological inquiry as applied in educational research and to a range of issues.

Introduction; Section 1: Theoretical Considerations Introduction to Section 1 1. Some Possible Ways into the Question of How a Phenomenology of Education Might Be 2. Epoché and Objectivity in Phenomenological Meaning: Making in Educational Research 3. Walking into the Posts 4. Phenomenological Human Science Via Phenomenological Philosophy: A Phenomenomethodological Approach to Education Research 5. The Challenges of Researching Lived Experience in Education; Section 2: Issues and Contexts Introduction to Section 2 6. The Best Fit: Methodology, Methods, Process and Outcomes - A Teacher Investigates Her Own Practice 7. Unexplored Terrain: The Valley Between Creativity and Creative Practice 8. Australian Educational Leader's Lived Experiences of Power Within Literacy Education 9. Towards a Phenomenology of Teacher Responsibility 10. Making Meaning Through Lived Technological Experiences 11. Using Phenomenology to Understand and Respond to Gender Inequality in Higher Education; Section 3: Research Applications Introduction to Section 3 12. Understanding the Experiences of International Doctoral Students: Charting A Troubled Geography of Doctoral Supervision 13. "I Can't Do Without My Poetry": A Post-Qualitative, Phenomenological Investigation of a Poetry Class of Older Australians 14. Truth-Telling Through Phenomenological Inquiry 15. Stem Inspiration: A Phenomenological Investigation Exploring Beyond the Solution 16. Phenomenology: The Missing Pieces of the Puzzle in Educational Psychology; Conclusion