by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Guided Existential Reflection
Guided Existential Reflection All phenomenological human science research efforts are really explorations into the structures of the human lifeworld, the lived world as experienced in everyday situations and relations. Four fundamental lifeworld themes (or...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Hermeneutic Interview Reflection
Hermeneutic Interview Reflection The hermeneutic interview has a conversational structure: it is oriented to sense-making and interpreting experiential meanings. The interview has a collaborative conversational structure that lends itself especially well to the task...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Insight Cultivating Reflection
Insight-cultivating Reflection Insight cultivators are ideas or thematic insights gleaned from philosophic and other sources of the human sciences. They aid in the reflective interpretive process. Insight cultivators are often found in the reflective writings of...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Linguistic Reflection
Linguistic Reflection It is sometimes surprising how much language can teach us if we allow ourselves to be attentive to even the most common of expressions associated with the phenomenon we wish to pursue. The reason is that sayings, idiomatic phrases, proverbs, and...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Macro Thematic Reflection
Macro-thematic Reflection In the wholistic reading approach we attend to the text as a whole. Expressing the fundamental or overall meaning of a text is an interpretive act. Different readers may discern different thematic meanings. And no one interpretation is ever...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Micro Thematic Reflection
Micro-thematic Reflection Generally we can distinguish two types of micro thematic reflection: (1) the selective or highlighting approach; and (2) the detailed or line-by-line approach. In the selective or highlighting approach, we ask: “are there any phrases that...
