Corporatised fabrications: Addressing methodologically research participants’ lies

<p> </p> <p><strong>Overview: </strong></p> <p>Professor Helen Gunter and Professor Steve Courtney discuss:</p> <p>- The use of case studies and biographical narratives to explore the corporatised fabrications made by and to school leaders and how political and societal constructs influence their narratives</p> <p>- The importance of utilising theoretical tools (such as considerations of political and societal theories) to dissect and interrogate participant narratives </p> <p>- The role of social constructionism.</p> <p>- Issues with the co-construction of data between researcher and research participant </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Access the presentation:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/XE2QSSHsAU0" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/XE2QSSHsAU0</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Citation of publication:</strong> Courtney, S.J. and Gunter, H. M. (2020) Corporatised fabrications: the methodological challenges of professional biographies at a time of neoliberalisation . In: Lynch, J., Rowlands, J., Gale, T. and Parker, S. (Eds) <em>Practice Methodologies in Education Research.</em> 27-47</p>