The purpose of this comparative case study is to explore the recent use of phenomenological inquiries in music education articles published in five selected journals listed in Thomson Reuters Web of Science between 2012 and 2015. The five music education journals are The British Journal of Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, International Journal of Music Education, Journal of Research in Music Education and Music Education Research. An interpretative philosophical worldview and a qualitative research design informed this research. By employing a constant comparative method and analysing 480 articles, the findings of this study revealed that phenomenological inquiry is the third most preferred strategy of inquiry by music education researchers. A heuristic model was developed as an interpretive tool to analyse the data. Although phenomenology is a strategy of inquiry that has a lot to offer music education, several concerns emerged over the quality and proper use as some studies evinced deficiencies regarding the clarity of the research design and disclosure of research procedures.

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五种音乐教育期刊中的现象学：最近的使用和未来的方向

本比较案例研究的目的是探索最近在 2012 年至 2015 年间在汤森路透科学网列出的五份选定期刊上发表的音乐教育文章中使用现象学调查的情况。五份音乐教育期刊是英国音乐教育杂志，音乐教育研究委员会公报、国际音乐教育杂志、音乐教育研究杂志和音乐教育研究。解释性哲学世界观和定性研究设计为这项研究提供了信息。通过采用恒定的比较方法并分析 480 篇文章，本研究的结果表明，现象学探究是音乐教育研究人员最喜欢的第三种探究策略。开发了启发式模型作为分析数据的解释工具。尽管现象学是一种对音乐教育有很大帮助的探究策略，但由于一些研究表明研究设计的清晰度和研究程序的披露存在缺陷，因此出现了对质量和正确使用的一些担忧。