Preliminary Material / Norm Friesen , Carina Henriksson and Tone Saevi -- Introduction / Carina Henriksson and Norm Friesen -- Debating Phenomenological Methods / Linda Finlay -- Experiential Evidence: I, We, You / Norm Friesen -- “An Event in Sound” / Carina Henriksson and Tone Saevi -- Hermeneutic Phenomenology and Cognition / Wolff-Michael Roth -- The Creativity of ‘Unspecialization’ / Kathleen Galvin and Les Todres -- Hermeneutic Phenomenology and Pedagogical Practice / Carina Henriksson -- Immigrant Children’s Bodily Engagement in Accessing Their Lived Experiences of Immigration / Anna Kirova and Michael Emme -- Children’s Embodied Voices / Charlotte Svendler Nielsen -- Seeking Pedagogical Places / Andrew Foran and Margaret Olson -- How Literature Works / Patrick Howard -- About the Editors / Norm Friesen , Carina Henriksson and Tone Saevi.

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.

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