1. Phenomenological research (Study ex)
1.1. The object of the phenomena is educational uses of social media in classroom
1.2. Subject-- > pre-service teachers enrolled in the department of computer education and instructional technology
1.3. How the perception of educational uses of social media in classrooms is dependent on pre-service teachers’ experience?
2. Lived experience
2.1. Manen (1990) --> teacher A who has no experience in teaching as this is her first day on the job has different experiences compared to teacher B who has ten years of experience.
2.1.1. The expert teacher forgets the presence of the students during the lecture while the novice teacher feels the glance of the students
2.1.2. The novice teacher is constantly aware of her own experience on the first day of school
3. Intentionality
3.1. Husserl (1970)--> Argues that there is a positive relationship between perception and objects.
3.1.1. The object of the experiences are actively created by human consciousness
3.1.2. Intentionality is one of the fundamental characteristics of the phenomenology that is directly related to the consciousness
3.2. Intentionality refers to doing something deliberate, such as going to the library for some purpose
3.3. Aristotelian philosophy
3.3.1. The term ‘intention’ indicates the orientation of the mind to its object
4. Researcher’s Role
4.1. Can ask to the participants about their interview transcription to verify the researchers understanding
4.2. Can send verbatim files to the participants to crosscheck their responses
4.3. Send the horizons to the participants as co-researchers after cleaning the verbatim transcribe
4.4. Can validate the data from co-researchers’ answers.
4.5. Can work collaboratively and triangulate the data with the help of a second researcher
5. Methodological Framework
5.1. Kantian phenomenology--> Based on constructivist philosophy --> the phenomena are constructed by cognitive subject who is human being.
5.2. Has evolved into a process that seeks reality in individuals’ narratives of their lived experiences of phenomena
5.3. Includes different philosophies consisting of transcendental, existential, and hermeneutic theories
5.3.1. Transcendental philosophy --> is often connected with being able to go outside of the experience,
5.3.2. Existential philosophy--> reflects a need to focus on our lived experience
5.3.3. Hermeneutic phenomenology --> emphasizes interpretation as opposed to just description
6. Phenomenology
6.1. Hegel--> conscious knowledge associated with saying what is perceived, sensed, and known from the person’s experience
6.2. Lourer (1967) --> the unique source of absolute existence is based on what the person thinks, feels, and perceives
6.3. Moustakas 1994--> Perception of the reality of an object is dependent on a subject
6.4. General purpose-->understand and describe a specific phenomenon in- depth and reach at the essence of participants’ lived experience of the phenomenon
7. Methods and procedure
7.1. Data colleciton
7.1.1. In-depth interviews with participants
7.1.1.1. Social conversation in order to create relaxing and trusting atmosphere.
7.1.2. Focus group interviews, focus group interviews and observations
7.2. Analysis and representation
7.2.1. Moustakas---> include preparing data for the analyses, reducing the data phenomenologically, engaging in imaginative variation, and uncovering the essence of the experience