Abstract Pedagogical Action – Pedagogical Professionalism – Pedagogical Ethos: A Case for a Phenomenological Approach to the Profession What contribution can phenomenological approaches make to educational science in general and pedagogical fields of action and questions about the profession(alisation) of educators in particular? How can pedagogical action be framed in terms of phenomenological approaches and the theory-practice difference? And finally, what does educational professionalism encompass from a phenomenological perspective, with particular reference to pedagogical ethics?