A Phenomenological Psychology Study of University Teachers' Lived Experience of Being Pedagogical in Neoliberalism.

ABSTRACT: Against a background of promoting the industrialization of higher education in Macau due to COVID-19's damage to the territory's major industry-gambling, the present study adopted phenomenological psychology to explore teachers' lived experience of being pedagogical in a university with a neoliberal vision and mission. Using a general structure, the findings revealed that teachers encountered challenges being pedagogical. These challenges emerged not only due to the university's corporate management, but more importantly because of a shift in perceptions-where students became like customers and teachers became self-interested-which made pedagogical relationships difficult to establish. Furthermore, teachers were found to develop negative emotions when their pedagogical actions or intention

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9354741 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature