ERIC Number: EJ1213106
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Phenomenology as a Methodology for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research
Webb, Andrea S.; Welsh, Ashley J.
Teaching & Learning Inquiry, v7 n1 p168-181 2019
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is a rich forum where scholars from different fields and philosophical orientations find space to share their research on teaching and learning in higher education. Within this article, we share our individual and collective experiences of why we perceive phenomenology as a methodology well suited for a broad range of SoTL purposes. Phenomenology is a research approach that focuses on describing the common meaning of the lived experience of several individuals about a particular phenomenon. We discuss how phenomenology has informed our own SoTL research projects, exploring the experiences of faculty and undergraduates in higher education. We highlight the challenges and affordances that emerged from our use of this methodology. Phenomenology has motivated us to tell our stories of SoTL research and within those, to share the stories that faculty and students shared.
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Research Methodology, Scholarship, Instruction, Learning, Educational Research, Higher Education, College Faculty, Teaching Experience, Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Affordances, Educational Benefits, Research Problems
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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