The Ethics Of Educational Research

✍ Scribed by Robert G. Burgess

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 228
• Series: Social Research and Educational Studies Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This collection of papers examines ethical issues in different kinds of social research including surveys, ethnography and historical research. Contributors also deal with ethical problems involved in examining controversial issues in education. Hence the book is largely about the ethics of the conduct of social investigation, rather than an analysis of the technical procedures themselves.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Series Editor’s Preface......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Ethics and Educational Research: An Introduction......Page 11
Ethics and Educational Research Methods......Page 12
Ethical Issues in Empirical Research......Page 14
Some Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research......Page 15
Resolving the Dilemmas?......Page 16
References......Page 17
Introduction......Page 21
The Scottish Young People’s Survey (SYPS)......Page 22
Some Ethical Principles......Page 24
Non-decision-making and Ethical Issues......Page 26
From the General to the Particular: Applying the Principles......Page 28
Resolving Conflicts between Ethical Principles......Page 31
Appendix: Extracts from the CES Code of Practice......Page 34
Access......Page 35
References......Page 36
Introduction......Page 38
Examples of Misuse of Statistical Information......Page 41
A Code of Practice for Statisticians......Page 43
The ISI Draft Code......Page 45
Obligations to Society......Page 46
Obligations to Colleagues......Page 48
Obligations to Subjects......Page 49
Some Technical Considerations......Page 52
b) Levels of analysis......Page 53
c) Providing technical details......Page 54
d) Choice of statistical techniques......Page 55
Avoiding Abuse of Statistical Techniques......Page 56
Assessing ‘Statistical Responsibility’......Page 57
ducation (RSEG, 1982, pp. 12–13). .........Page 58
Other Considerations......Page 59
References......Page 61
3 Grey Areas: Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Ethnography......Page 65
The Research Context......Page 66
Gaining Access and Informed Consent......Page 69
Handling Deception......Page 72
Issues of Confidentiality......Page 74
The Dissemination of Data......Page 75
Notes......Page 78
References......Page 79
Introduction......Page 82
Ethics and Choice of Methods......Page 83
The Ethics of Access......Page 85
Power Relations in Interviews......Page 88
Analysis and Interpretation of Data......Page 95
Disseminating Research Findings......Page 98
Conclusion......Page 99
References......Page 101
Introduction......Page 103
Action Research and Values......Page 104
Action Research and Informed Consent......Page 110
Conclusion......Page 113
References......Page 114
6 Ethics of Case Study in Educational Research and Evaluation......Page 116
Evaluation and Case Study......Page 117
Shared Assumptions......Page 123
Contextual Differences......Page 125
Internal Case Study......Page 129
The Future?......Page 132
Appendix......Page 134
References......Page 136
Preface......Page 141
The Nature of the Research......Page 142
Some Ethical Principles......Page 144
Applying these Principles in Researching Policing......Page 146
The Researcher as Mole......Page 147
The Researcher as Witness......Page 148
The Researcher as Police Officer......Page 149
Conclusion......Page 150
Official Secrets Acts......Page 151
Extracts from the Official Secrets Acts, 1911 and 1920......Page 152
Appendix B......Page 153
Appendix C......Page 155
Bibliography......Page 156
TVEI in Context......Page 157
Formative Evaluation Reconsidered......Page 159
The Role of the Local Evaluator......Page 162
Partial Resolutions......Page 164
References......Page 166
Introduction......Page 168
Some Consequences of Changes in Assessment......Page 169
Qualitative Methods in the Study of Assessment......Page 172
Evaluating Changes in Assessment......Page 178
References......Page 181
Introduction......Page 183
Researching a Controversial Issue......Page 184
Making Entries......Page 187
Collecting Data......Page 189
Spying......Page 193
Conclusion......Page 196
References......Page 197
Introduction......Page 198
Partisanship and Objectivity......Page 199
The Role of White Researchers......Page 201
Ethics and Black Educational Experiences......Page 203
Reinforcing or Challenging Stereotypes?......Page 205
Sponsors: Whose Side are They on?......Page 209
A New Direction for Research on ‘Race’ and Education......Page 211
References......Page 212
On Ethics in Social Research......Page 216
Examples......Page 217
Notes on Contributors......Page 218
Index......Page 222