A Phenomenological Method Based on Professional Descriptions of Community-of-Practice Members to Scientifically Determine the Level of Child Psycho-Social-Emotional Development

Authors: Gianni Jacucci

Abstract:

Some sociology concepts have become common sense: Successful communication of meanings requires the sharing of “sedimentations” of previous meanings. A common professional basis is required for a correct sharing of meanings, e. g., “standardised accounting data among accountants”. The accounting of social events must be carried out in the same language used by the actors of those events in managing their practice. These concepts let emergence ante litteram the concept of Community of practice: We advocate professional descriptions of the community of practice members to scientifically determine the level of child psycho social emotional development. Our approach consists of an application to Human Sciences of Husserl’s Phenomenological Philosophy using a method reminder of Giorgi’s Descriptive Phenomenological Method (DPM) in Psychology. Husserl’s requirement of “Epoché,” which involves eliminating prejudices from the minds of observers, is met through “concept cleaning,” achieved by consistently sharing disciplinary concepts within their community of practice. Meanwhile, the absence of subjective bias is ensured by the meticulous attention to detail in their professional expertise. Our approach shows promise in accurately assessing many other properties through detailed professional descriptions of the community of practice members.

Keywords: Scientific rigour, descriptive phenomenological method, sedimentation of meanings, community of practice.

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