What phenomenological study aimed at describing the meaning of lived experiences?

Phenomenology helps us to understand the meaning of people's lived experience.  A phenomenological study explores what people experienced and focuses on their experience of a phenomena.  As phenomenology has a strong foundation in philosophy, it is recommended that you explore the writings of key thinkers such as Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty before embarking on your research.

Husserl, Edmund, 1859-1938

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976

Sartre, Jean Paul, 1905-1980

Merleau Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961

Introductory Resources

  • Phenomenological Psychology by Phenomenological Psychology provides a comprehensive, accessible and practical introduction to phenomenological theory, research and methods. Detailed and extensive examples of real research are included throughout to encourage an applied and critical understanding. The book moves from descriptive through to more interpretative phenomenological methods to enable the reader to learn to use the main approaches to phenomenological psychology, and to understand the similarities and differences between the different approaches.  

    Call Number: Phen Center BF204.5 .L36 2007

    ISBN: 0131965239

    Publication Date: 2007-06-01

  • Phenomenological Research Methods by Clark Moustakas In this volume, Clark Moustakas clearly discusses the theoretical underpinnings of phenomenology, based on the work of Husserl and others, and takes the reader step-by-step through the process of conducting a phenomenological study. His concise guide provides numerous examples of successful phenomenological studies from a variety of fields including therapy, health care, victimology, psychology and gender studies. The book also includes form letters and other research tools to use in designing and conducting a study.

    Call Number: BF204.5 .M68 1994

    ISBN: 0803957998

    Publication Date: 1994-07-27

  • Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design by John W. Creswell In this Third Edition of his bestselling text John W. Creswell explores the philosophical underpinnings, history, and key elements of each of five qualitative inquiry traditions: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. In his signature accessible writing style, the author relates research designs to each of the traditions of inquiry. He compares theoretical frameworks, ways to employ standards of quality, and strategies for writing introductions to studies, collecting data, analyzing data, writing a narrative, and verifying results.

    Call Number: H61 .C73 2013

    ISBN: 9781412995313

    Publication Date: 2012-03-22

  • Hermeneutic Phenomenology in Education by Norm Friesen (Volume Editor); Carina Henriksson (Volume Editor); Tone Saevi (Volume Editor) Hermeneutic phenomenology is a combination of theory, reflection and practice that interweaves vivid descriptions of lived experience (phenomenology) together with reflective interpretations of their meanings (hermeneutics). This method is popular among researchers in education, nursing and other caring and nurturing practices and professions. Practical and adaptable, it can be at the same time poetic and evocative. As this collection shows, hermeneutic phenomenology gives voice to everyday aspects of educational practice--particularly emotional, embodied and empathic moments--that may be all too easily overlooked in other research approaches. By explicating, illustrating and demonstrating hermeneutic phenomenology as a method for research in education specifically, this book offers an excellent resource for beginning as well as more advanced researchers.

    Call Number: Phen Center LB14.7 .H463 2012X

    ISBN: 9789460918339

    Publication Date: 2012-01-01

  • The Cambridge Companion to Philosophical Methodology by Søren Overgaard (Editor); Giuseppina D'Oro (Editor) The Cambridge Companion to Philosophical Methodology offers clear and comprehensive coverage of the main methodological debates and approaches within philosophy. The chapters in this volume approach the question of how to do philosophy from a wide range of perspectives, including conceptual analysis, critical theory, deconstruction, experimental philosophy, hermeneutics, Kantianism, methodological naturalism, phenomenology, and pragmatism. They explore general conceptions of philosophy, centred on the question of what the point of philosophising might be; the method of conceptual analysis and its recent naturalistic critics and competitors; perspectives from continental philosophy; and also a variety of methodological views that belong neither to the mainstream of analytic philosophy, nor to continental philosophy as commonly conceived. Together they will enable readers to grasp an unusually wide range of approaches to methodological debates in philosophy.

    Call Number: Phen Center BD241 .C3255 2017

    ISBN: 9781107121522

    Publication Date: 2017-02-16

  • Phenomenological Method by Fred Kersten This book has two parts. The first part is chiefly concerned with critically establishing the universally necessary order of the various steps of transcendental phenomenological method; the second part provides specific cases of phenomenological analysis that illustrate and test the method established in the first part. More than this, and perhaps even more important in the long run, the phenomeno#65533; logical analyses reported in the second part purport a foundation for drawing phenomenological-philosophical conclusions about prob#65533; lems of space perception, "other minds," and time perception. The non-analytical, that is, the literary, sources of this book are many. Principal among them are the writings of Husserl (which will be accorded a special methodological function) as well as the writings of his students of the Gottingen and Freiburg years. Of the latter especially important are the writings and, when memory serves, the lectures of Dorion Cairns and Aron Gurwitsch. Of the former especially significant are the writings of Heinrich Hofmann, Wilhelm Schapp, and Hedwig COlilrad-Martius.

    Call Number: Phen Center B829.5 .K47 1989

    ISBN: 0792300947

    Publication Date: 1989-03-31

What is lived experience in phenomenology?

In qualitative phenomenological research, lived experience refers to a representation of the experiences and choices of a given person, and the knowledge that they gain from these experiences and choices.

What are the types of phenomenological studies?

Phenomenological studies can be divided into three categories:.
Transcendental phenomenology. The scientific study of appearance of things as they are seen and appear on one's consciousness..
Hermeneutic phenomenology. Focus on making meaning of experiences as they are lived..
Existential phenomenology..

What are the three types of phenomenology?

This research limits itself by focusing on three main approaches in phenomenology: Husserl's transcendental phenomenology; Heidegger's hermeneutical phenomenology; and Merleau-Ponty's idea of perception.

What are the 4 stages of the phenomenological method?

While conducting a phenomenological research methodology, it often pertains the four necessary steps of Bracketing, Intuiting, Analyzing and Describing.