A ‘biographical positioning’.- Introduction: philosophising about educational research.- Philosophising as and in educational research.- The discipline(S) of educational research.- Educational theory, practice and research: pragmatic perspectives.- Educational research: pursuit of truth or flight into fancy?.- Narratives, fiction and the magic of the real.- Narratives in history, fiction and educational research.- Quality and relevance in educational research.- ‘Nothing about us without us’: the ethics of outsider research.- Research for Sale: moral market or moral maze?.- ‘Fiction written under oath?’ Ethics and epistemology in educational research.- From philosophising about research to researching philosophy: reflections on a reflective log.