Research of Professional Identity of Female School Principals through Life Stories

González, Cristina Cruz; Viseu, Sofia; Segovia, Jesús Domingo

doi:10.18848/2324-7576/cgp/v16i01/163-179

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“…Contributions from the field of visual methods and their application in social and educational research have heralded the potential of applying visual techniques and resources during fieldwork (Banks, 2019;Mannay, 2017). Previous studies (Bol ıvar, 2012;Correa, 2019;Fern andez-Terol, 2021;Meo and Dabenigno, 2011) have shown that these tools help the researcher to (1) create a contextual framework of the cases, subjects and institutions under investigation; (2) delve into emerging themes and aspects of a more subjective nature with the informant; (3) inquire into the networking and relational structures of an educational institution and (4) delve into the development and trajectory of an educational institution or the identity dimension of the school's professionals, areas of growing interest in the field of social sciences (Cruz et al, 2021;Domingo d 2017). However, it must be considered that the form of these methods and their application may vary depending on the interests and needs of the research.…”

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“…Recent national and international research has made use of the biogram to study the identity of principals (Cruz et al. , 2021; Lucena Rodríguez et al ., 2021), the institutional development of a school (Fernández- Terol, 2021), teaching identity (Domingo et al.…”

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“…Recent national and international research has made use of the biogram to study the identity of principals (Cruz et al, 2021;Lucena Rodr ıguez et al, 2021), the institutional development of a school (Fern andez-Terol, 2021), teaching identity (Domingo et al, 2017;Huchim Aguilar and Reyes Ch avez, 2013; Panes Chavarr ıa and Lazzaro-Salazar, 2018) and the student body (Nieto Cano et al, 2018).…”

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“…For Bolívar and Domingo (2019), interviews play a decisive role in the development of narratives. Specifically, an in-depth biographical interview sequenced according to cascades of reflexive deepening is essential for biographical studies (Cruz et al. , 2021; Kelchtermans, 2016).…”

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PurposeThis study aims to describe and evaluate various visual and creative tools for supporting the in-depth biographical interview aimed at analyzing educational communities and their stakeholders.Design/methodology/approachResearching educational spaces today requires new ways of understanding, analyzing and studying. The complex characteristics, functions and realities demand research that responds to educational singularities. It is a matter of deeply understanding the educational phenomenon's peculiarities. For these purposes, instruments and research paradigms are needed to extract data and reach information saturation regarding the data obtained from the proposed objects of study. With this in mind, the following paper suggests reflecting on data collection tools that can complement the interview and biographical-narrative research approach. The authors highlight the use of photo-elucidation, the biogram-based timeline, the organigram and the flight of the geese, all of which are instruments endowed with a visual character that allows a deeper understanding of the object studied.FindingsThe main contribution of this paper is to unpack the uses and applications of four visual tools that support the interview technique. First, photo-elucidation is presented as a sensory strategy to stimulate the narrative during the dialogical exchange of the interview. Next, the timeline is described as a visual concretization of the traditional biogram widely used in educational research. Next, the authors unravel the uses of the organizational chart in educational research, which, due to its nature and utility, provides a glimpse of the organizational functioning of an institution and is particularly suitable for research in institutional frameworks. Finally, the tool known as the flight of the geese is presented. This tool is recommended for use in educational leadership and teamwork studies due to its simplicity and high representativeness of the hierarchy of roles and functions.Originality/valueResearching educational spaces today requires new ways of understanding, analyzing and studying. The complex characteristics, functions, and realities demand research that responds to educational singularities. It is a matter of deeply understanding the educational phenomenon's peculiarities. For these purposes, instruments and research paradigms are needed to extract data and reach information saturation regarding the data obtained from the proposed objects of study. With this in mind, the following paper invites us to reflect on data collection tools that can complement the interview and biographical-narrative research approach. The authors highlight the use of photo-elucidation, the biogram-based timeline, the organigram, and the flight of the geese, all of which are instruments endowed with a visual character that allows a deeper understanding of the object studied.

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