Combining Hermeneutic Phenomenology and Critical Discourse Analysis: A Bricolage Approach to Research

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Title: Combining Hermeneutic Phenomenology and Critical Discourse Analysis: A Bricolage Approach to Research
Language: English
Authors: Eleni Papaioannou (ORCID 0000-0002-1754-5360)
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE). 2024 37(6):1804-1821.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
High Schools
High School Equivalency Programs
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, High School Equivalency Programs, Continuation Students, Staff Development, Secondary School Teachers, Student Empowerment, Research Methodology, Research Design
Geographic Terms: Cyprus
DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2023.2233923
ISSN: 0951-8398
1366-5898
Abstract: This paper describes the methodological design of a qualitative research strategy that followed the bricolage approach. The research, a qualitative case study, followed the empowerment journey of 12 adult learners in a second chance educational programme, aiming at recording the mechanisms through which the learners were empowered or disempowered. The initial plan to use a single methodology was modified to address the challenges that raised from the study itself. This modification led to the implementation of the bricolage approach. Following the bricolage principles opened a space of a creative combination of different methodologies, theories, and tools and the implementation of all the five types of bricolage, namely the theoretical, the methodological, the interpretive, the narrative, and the political. The paper presents a detailed account on how bricolage was developed as a "custom-fit" construct to serve the goals of the study. Hermeneutic Phenomenology and Critical Discourse Analysis were the two main methodologies combined.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1429457
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This paper describes the methodological design of a qualitative research strategy that followed the bricolage approach. The research, a qualitative case study, followed the empowerment journey of 12 adult learners in a second chance educational programme, aiming at recording the mechanisms through which the learners were empowered or disempowered. The initial plan to use a single methodology was modified to address the challenges that raised from the study itself. This modification led to the implementation of the bricolage approach. Following the bricolage principles opened a space of a creative combination of different methodologies, theories, and tools and the implementation of all the five types of bricolage, namely the theoretical, the methodological, the interpretive, the narrative, and the political. The paper presents a detailed account on how bricolage was developed as a "custom-fit" construct to serve the goals of the study. Hermeneutic Phenomenology and Critical Discourse Analysis were the two main methodologies combined.
ISSN:0951-8398
1366-5898
DOI:10.1080/09518398.2023.2233923