Can the Mothers of Invention Make Virtue out of Necessity? An optimistic deconstruction of research compromises in contract research and evaluation
- 1 September 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in British Educational Research Journal
- Vol. 22 (4), 493-509
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0141192960220408
Abstract
This article offers a retrospective deconstruction of research compromises undertaken during ‘quick and dirty’ contract evaluation. The deconstruction identifies constraining changes in the nature of research contexts, but develops a positive view of methodological developments which might be regarded as creating ‘transgressive validity’. Notions of ‘hybridity’ in research methodology, and of ‘negotiation’ in research procedures are considered.Keywords
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