Ethical policies and issues for educational research Tim Bond SSL Faculty Research Ethics Officer.
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Ethical policies and issues for educational
research
Tim Bond
SSL Faculty Research Ethics Officer
Overview
Distinctive characteristics of educational research
Current procedures Questions for today
Features of educational research
Contested field of study with different research purposes and corresponding approaches to knowledge
Contextually sensitive and diverse Typical research subjects are disempowered
by immaturity and institutional context or skilled in protecting own power and authority? Conformist or resistant?
Features of educational research
Gatekeepers may have vested interests in methods and outcomes of research. Can skew or frustrate inclusivity of potential participants
Risks to participants are usually reputational, social, multifaceted and some are hard to predict and evaluate in advance – systemic reflexivity
‘Just another lesson’ – blurring between research and everyday activities
Current research ethics procedures
Another gatekeeper or opportunity for clarification and problem-solving in ways that support respect, rigour and responsibility?
Departmental processes Faculty processes
Questions for today
What are the ethical dilemmas and issues? How are the tensions between knowledge
generation and respect for persons best resolved?
At what point in the research process do ethical issues become apparent?
What can independent review contribute in comparison to fostering ethically minded researchers?