The Efficacy of Phenomenography as a Cross-Cultural Methodology for Educational Research

Autor/in	Willis, Alison S.
Titel	The Efficacy of Phenomenography as a Cross-Cultural Methodology for Educational Research
Quelle	In: International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 41 (2018) 5, S.483-499 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Willis, Alison S.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1743-727X
DOI	10.1080/1743727X.2017.1283398
Schlagwörter	Research Methodology; Cross Cultural Studies; Educational Research; Experience; Cultural Differences; Foreign Countries; Learning Processes; Figurative Language; Social Environment; Psychological Patterns; Models; Children; Cultural Background; Family Characteristics; Educational Practices; Stress Variables; Poverty; Self Esteem; Fear; Community Development; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Erfahrung; Kultureller Unterschied; Ausland; Learning process; Lernprozess; Soziales Umfeld; Analogiemodell; Child; Kind; Kinder; Bildungspraxis; Armut; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Furcht; Community; Development; Entwicklung
Abstract	This paper demonstrates that the phenomenographic methodology -- the study of variations of lived experience -- has the capacity to manage cultural and paradigmatic differences between researchers and participants in cross-cultural research. The process of cross-cultural research presented herein makes a contribution to the existing body of knowledge about the efficacy of phenomenography. This process was developed from a phenomenographic research project in Northern Uganda and from due consideration of other cross-cultural phenomenographic studies. The study of experience in cross-cultural education projects provides an opportunity to understand participants' conceptions of inner (psychological) and outer (sociocultural) learning processes. A phenomenographic methodology necessitates the organization of categories of description into a holistic 'mental model', which may comprise metaphoric representation. The use of metaphor in phenomenography to depict the categories of description as a whole was found to be particularly powerful in this cross-cultural research study as metaphor helped to establish common understandings between researchers and participants. Furthermore, phenomenography also has the potential to help manage the influences of internationalization in local contexts as its methods give primacy to local participants' experiences. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01