Max van Manen (born 1942) is a Dutch-born Canadian scholar who specializes in

phenomenological Phenomenology may refer to: Art * Phenomenology (architecture), based on the experience of building materials and their sensory properties Philosophy * Phenomenology (philosophy), a branch of philosophy which studies subjective experiences and a ...

research methods and

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as ...

. There are several interesting publications to conduct phenomenology of practice. He is an emeritus professor in the Faculty of Education at the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Rutherfor ...

, where he is also a Distinguished Scholar at the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology.

Books

* ''Tone of Teaching'' (1986) * ''Researching Lived Experiences: Human Science for an Action Sensitive Pedagogy'' (1990) * ''The Tact of Teaching: The Meaning of Pedagogical Thoughtfulness'' (1991) * ''Childhood’s Secrets: Intimacy, Privacy, and the Self Reconsidered'' (1996), with Bas Levering * ''Writing in the Dark: Phenomenological Studies in Interpretive Inquiry'' (2003) * ''Phenomenology of Practice: Meaning-Giving Methods in Phenomenological Research and Writing'' (2014) * ''Pedagogical Tact: Knowing What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do'' (2015)

References

1942 births Living people Canadian philosophers Manen, Max van Hermeneutists Manen, Max van Phenomenologists University of Alberta alumni Academic staff of the University of Alberta {{Canada-philosopher-stub