Full Description
In an era dominated by technological advancement and standardization, phenomenology offers crucial insights into teacher and learner experiences. This book explores how phenomenological perspectives can transform educational understanding, particularly in African contexts. The contributors examine phenomenology's intersection with various educational dimensions, from music to artificial intelligence. Moving beyond empiricist-rationalist frameworks, they illuminate lived experiences in educational settings, revealing hidden classroom dynamics and offering fresh perspectives on challenges.
The work combines theory with practice, addressing positionality, AI's impact, and institutional transformation, with a focus on African education's unique challenges. It reconceptualizes education as an 'act of care' while acknowledging historical influences and proposing pathways to transformation This accessible text bridges philosophical depth with practical insights for teachers, postgraduate students and researchers, contributing to global discourse on authenticity and technology in education.
Contents
Chapter One: Introduction and Overview: Phenomenology in the classroom: Foundations for
teaching and research
(Oscar Koopman, Jeffrey Beyer & Karen Koopman)
Chapter Two: Approaching Phenomenological Understanding: Positionality and Reflexivity in Education and Education Research
Russ Walsh
Chapter Three: Phenomenology and Music: A New Path for 21st Century Education
Chatradari Devroop
Chapter Four: Towards Reclaiming the Primacy of Lived Experience in an Artificial
Intelligence Driven World of Teaching and Learning
Oscar Koopman & Karen Koopman
Chapter Five: Critical Phenomenological Perspectives of Reflective Entrepreneurial Learning
Through Mini-Enterprise Projects
Gosaitse Solomon & Suriamurthee M. Maistry
Chapter Six: Insights into the lived experiences of a South African Black Principal in leading the school towards becoming a learning organisation
Karen Joy Koopman, Juliana Smith & Keith Long
Chapter Seven: Unveiling Power dynamics in South African classrooms: A Critical
Phenomenological Exploration into Student Teachers' Reaching Practicum Schooling
Placements
Clive Brown and Saras Reddy
Chapter Eight: Towards Education and Education Research as an "Act of Caring" for the
African learner
Oscar Koopman & Karen Koopman
Index
