Max van Manen

Max van Manen (born 1942) is a Dutch-born Canadian scholar who specializes in phenomenological research methods and pedagogy. There are several interesting publications to conduct phenomenology of practice.^[1][2] He is an emeritus professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta,^[3] where he is also a Distinguished Scholar at the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology.^[4]

Max van Manen
Born	1942 (age 82–83) Hilversum, Netherlands
Nationality	Canadian
Awards	Honoris causa from the Hong Kong Institute of Education (2008)
Education
Education	University of Alberta
Philosophical work
School	Phenomenological
Institutions	University of Alberta
Main interests	Hermeneutic phenomenology Qualitative research
Website	www.maxvanmanen.com

Books

• Tone of Teaching (1986)
• Researching Lived Experiences: Human Science for an Action Sensitive Pedagogy (1990)
• The Tact of Teaching: The Meaning of Pedagogical Thoughtfulness (1991)
• Childhood’s Secrets: Intimacy, Privacy, and the Self Reconsidered (1996), with Bas Levering
• Writing in the Dark: Phenomenological Studies in Interpretive Inquiry (2003)
• Phenomenology of Practice: Meaning-Giving Methods in Phenomenological Research and Writing (2014)
• Pedagogical Tact: Knowing What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do (2015)