"It Is What It Is:" Literacy Studies and Phenomenology

Authors

Jason D. DeHart, Appalachian State UniversityFollow

Abstract

This investigation of the tenets of phenomenology is based on work completed using this methodology in educational studies. Specifically, the author writes about the way that phenomenology can be used when completing studies in the field of literacy. The author highlights foundational thinkers, along with major elements of methods and data collection that form the working parts of phenomenology. The author frames this article as a partially reflective account, looking at work that has been completed already, while also attempting to compose a descriptive investigation that other researchers can adopt for their own work in other fields.

Keywords

Phenomenology, Methodology, Pedagogy

Author Bio(s)

Jason D. DeHart is an assistant professor of reading education at Appalachian State University. His research interests include multimodal texts and the ways teachers use texts to engage adolescent readers and readers who struggle. He can be reached at dehartjd@appstate.edu.

Publication Date

3-1-2020

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4216

Recommended APA Citation

DeHart, J. D. (2020). "It Is What It Is:" Literacy Studies and Phenomenology. The Qualitative Report, 25(3), 596-603. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2020.4216