Overview of ECER presentation September 2021

1. “SEE BETTER, LEAR”:
THE CASE FOR A PHENOMENOLOGICAL AND
LOGOTHERAPEUTIC VISION OF REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IN
TEACHER EDUCATION
Shane Hanna
UL PhD Candidate funded by
The National Institute for Studies in Education (NISE)
02nd September 2021

2. Aim of Research:
• To address the issue of somewhat performative reflections of student
teachers while on school placement.
• To propose an alternative dialogic, meaning focused model which can
assist teacher educators develop student teachers’ capacity for reflective
and critically reflective practice.
03.09.21

3. Phase 1 Reconnaissance & Reflective Practice Overview
Phase I Findings:
• The students’ own perception did not
echo the school placement tutors’
vision of their engagement with RP.
• Inconsistency of Critical Reflection in
practice.
(n=207; n=8)
Reflective Practice Process:
• Inquiry
• Meaning-making
• Context
• Assumptions
• Dialogue
• Temporality and Distance
• Previous Models
• Community
• Action & Responsibility
03.09.21

4. Seminars as Community of Inquiry (Lipman & Sharpe) (n=8)
• e.g What is our job? What does a successful class mean?
Post-School Placement Interviews (n=4)
• Phenomenological interview
School Placement Reflections compiled as ePortfolio (n=8)
• Phenomenological Analysis
Phase II: Reflections as ePortfolio and Community of Inquiry
03.09.21

5. “… my question for the
coming week would be how
severe does the
punishment have to be for
failure to cooperate with the
classroom expectations?”
Sample Meaning Units: Logohooks
“… I hope that students
give me the respect and
treat me like they would
any teacher, but going
forward I will have to
ensure to follow the code
of behaviour to let them
know that though I am a
student, I am a student
teacher. ”
03.09.21

6. • Logotherapy and Existential
Analysis
Logotherapy, Phenomenology and Data Analysis
03.09.21
Phenomenological Method:
• Epoché
• Eidetic Reduction
See Better?

7. • Meaningful Reflective Practice V ‘meeting requirements’
• More complete Understanding of Reflective Process
• Opportunities for Collaboration
• Praxis: Qualitative Analysis
• Phenomenology: Descriptive V Hermeneutic V Interpretative
• Community of Inquiry: Online
Opportunities, Issues and Challenges Emerging
03.09.21

8. Thank you.
shane.hanna@ul.ie
…See Better

9. A meaning-centred, whole-school approach for responsible decision-making:
The Logotherapeutic Framework (Hanna & Minton, 2020)
available at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/
10.1080/03323315.2021.1899017?src=&
Additional work by S. Hanna:
03.09.21