Month: June 2010

Dignity and Rights

Confidentiality and informed consent underpin any discussion of dignity and rights and the welfare of participants is at risk if dignity and rights are not respected. The Ethical statement by the British Sociological Association will be followed. Power differences are acknowledged and participants (adults and children) will be treated respectfully, fairly and as equals in …

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Assessing Educational Research

E835, 1997, Educational Research in Action pp33-35 Validity By ‘validity’, we mean truth: the extent to which an account accurately represents the phenomena to which it refers. There are few concepts that have led to more controversy than ‘truth’. Indeed, many educational researchers reject this concept as inapplicable to the assessment of their work. One …

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Bias

There is a drive to involve children and young people as researchers (Alderson, 2000) This is in recognition of unequal power relations between adults and children and the potential for unintentional exploitation or coercion which is recognised as a potential risk to participants as well as posing methodological risks (Coyne, 1998); Jones, 2004). The notion …

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Notes on Ethics

Some thoughts on Ethics, as it is always on my mind as I’m research I’ve been thinking more about this, following lots of reading and wanting to collate my thoughts for my research proposal revision. Can the children understand the questions? Will answering the questions make them upset or angry? Which interview questions work best …

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Ethical issues for Researchers

Ethical issues involved in the Channel 4 Television Production ‘Boys and Girls Alone’ I have found that looking at other research and reviewing the ethical issues has helped me improve the ethical considerations in my own research. Here’s one such example. The British Sociological Association published a new set of guidelines in 2002 (“the Statement”). …

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