Table_1_A Phenomenological Psychology Study of University Teachers' Lived Experience of Being Pedagogical in Neoliberalism.docx

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 intentions conflicted with neoliberalism. The findings suggest that pedagogy in higher education is being challenged and transformed.

鉴于新冠疫情重创澳门支柱产业博彩业，澳门正推进高等教育产业化的背景下，本研究采用现象学心理学方法，探究一所秉持新自由主义愿景与使命的大学中，教师开展教育教学工作的真实体验。研究采用通用分析框架，结果显示教师在践行教育教学理念时面临诸多困境。这些困境不仅源于高校的企业化管理模式，更关键的是观念层面的转变——学生被等同于消费者，教师则愈发以自我利益为导向，这使得师生间的教学关系难以建立。此外，研究发现当教师的教学行为或理念与新自由主义办学逻辑相悖时，会产生负面情绪。研究结果表明，高等教育领域的教学实践正面临挑战并发生转型。