Arts & Humanities Journal

Title: A Study of the Hermeneutic Studies Approach in the Philosophy of Education

Abstract:

Recently, interpretive and hermeneutic studies in Humanities have become considerably important as they are involved in both qualitative case studies and text-oriented studies especially in the Philosophy of Education. Presently, hermeneutics can enter and have influences on the Philosophy of Education domain as a philosophical-research method. In fact, considering their position in academic studies, interpretive methods need to be enriched. In the Philosophy of Education, researchers are now inclined toward hermeneutics and the influence of understanding, interpretation and meaning in education. The question put forward by researchers is that how and to what degree it can be used in the Philosophy of Education? This paper seeks to explain the hermeneutic study approach in the Philosophy of Education with descriptive-analytic and library methods. Finally, it is concluded that, emphasizing on this study approach to extract educational indications of a philosophical theory, one must know the different methods of interpreting and paraphrasing in order to know the mentality of the creator of the theory and restructure the text.