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Achieving Empathy and Engagement: A practical approach to the design, conduct and reporting of phenomenographic research

Ashworth, Peter; Lucas, Ursula

Authors

Peter Ashworth

Ursula Lucas



Abstract

Phenomenography is a methodology which has been quietly influential in research on higher education, having been the basis of many studies of approaches to learning and student understandings of a wide range of concepts in a variety of disciplines. There is a need to clarify important aspects of the methodology so that it can be used with increasing effectiveness. This article seeks to contribute to the discussion and clarification of the phenomenographic research approach in two ways. Firstly, it is argued that phenomenography would benefit from a more rigorous consideration of how to engage with the student's lived experience. Secondly, drawing on that discussion, the article sets out a series of guidelines for the conduct of phenomenographic research, and demonstrates how these might be achieved in practice by drawing on the experience of two higher education research studies: one into students' experiences of cheating and the other into lecturers' and students' experiences of the teaching and learning of accounting.

Citation

Ashworth, P., & Lucas, U. (2000). Achieving Empathy and Engagement: A practical approach to the design, conduct and reporting of phenomenographic research. Studies in Higher Education, 25(3), 295-308. https://doi.org/10.1080/713696153

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2000
Journal Studies in Higher Education
Print ISSN 0307-5079
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 25
Issue 3
Pages 295-308
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/713696153
Keywords empathy, engagement, design, phenomenographic research
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1094697
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713696153


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