brief introduction to phenomenological research
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In this presentation we will be discussing one approach to qualitative research rooted in the philosophy of phenomenology ...TRANSCRIPT
Phenomenological Research
FdA and BA (Hons) Counselling with Brief Interventions
Counselling Research
Aims
1. Phenomenology in counselling2. Phenomenology as a research method3. Data analysis using the phenomenological
approach: procedure4. Conclusions
Phenomenology
The way we experience the world determines how we respond and is based on our own unique mixture of needs, history and expectations
Each of us lives in our own subjective world, which cannot be fully and completely understood by anyone else
Tony Merry (2002)
Phenomenology in Counselling
• Frames of Reference• Bracketing• Equalisation• Description
Phenomenological Research
As in counselling this is an attempt to understand the structure of lived experience rather than explain it
Research Methods
Phenomenological research is qualitative research requiring the researcher to collect ‘verbal or written protocols describing the experience’ (McLeod: 2011: 89).
This can be done with open ended questionnaires, journals, interviews,
observations, etc
Data Analysis
1. Collect verbal or written protocols2. Read them through carefully to get a sense of the
whole3. Extract significant statements or ‘units of meaning’4. Eliminate irrelevant repetition5. Identify the central themes or meanings implicit in
these statements6. Integrate these meanings into a single ‘exhaustive
description of the phenomenon’.
Conclusions
• Phenomenological research is an attempt by the researcher to …
• describe the subjective experience of participants …
• by following a procedure in which …• units of meaning are identified …• and common themes integrated into an
‘exhaustive description of the phenomenon’.