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Relationships Always Matter: Findings From A Phenomenological Research Inquiry, David Giles
Relationships Always Matter: Findings From A Phenomenological Research Inquiry, David Giles
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
This paper reports on findings from a hermeneutic phenomenological research inquiry which explored the nature of relational experiences in teacher education. Stories of the lived experience of relationships in an educational context were hermeneutically interpreted against the philosophical writings of Heidegger, Gadamer, Levinas, and Buber. The research found that relationships are essential to the experience of education whether they are recognised or not. While the relationship matters to the experience, the relationship lies out of sight and is largely taken for granted. On other occasions, the assumption that relationships matter is called into question. In these times, the relationship is …
' Who We Are ' And ' How We Are ' Are Integral To Relational Experiences: Exploring Comportment In Teacher Education, David Giles
' Who We Are ' And ' How We Are ' Are Integral To Relational Experiences: Exploring Comportment In Teacher Education, David Giles
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
This paper reports on findings from a phenomenological inquiry into the nature of the teacher-student relationship. Participants’ stories showed that ‘who we are’ and ‘how we are’ is integral to our experiences in education. More specifically, a teacher and a student’s way-of-being is essential to the nature of relational experiences. A teacher’s comportment (‘way-of-being’) has been found to have a communicative aspect that is felt and sensed by others. Such comportment is embodied and integral to how teachers and students relate. In a primordial manner, the comportment of the other is felt in the act of relating. When the way …