Critique of the article, ‘Theoretical foundations of phenomenography

Abstract

This is a critique of the paper, Theoretical Foundations of Phenomenography: A Critical Review (Hajar, 2021. Higher Education Research & Development, 40(7), 1421–1436. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1833844). This critique highlights misrepresentations of phenomenography within the paper, in particular that the example of phenomenographic research outcomes presented in the paper misrepresents both the object of study and the structure of the outcome space in phenomenographic research. Issues raised by Hajar with respect to the role of the researcher in phenomenographic research, the relative functions of bracketing and interpretive awareness during phenomenographic analysis, and the use of sociocultural perspectives and the notion of individual lifeworlds in phenomenography are also discussed. Show more