Educational Research Methods
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Guidelines for ethical conduct of research
Professional and academic organisations often issue guidelines in the ethical conduct of research. Guidelines are not rules, but principled points of advice that need to be interpreted in the context of particular studies. For educational researchers based in the UK the most important guidelines are those issues by the British Educational Research Association, and the Faculty treats these as the default* guidelines members of faculty should follow.
BERA 2011 Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research may be found here.
The BERA guidelines highlight a range of issues that make up the ‘ethical field’
Downloadable copy of the Ethical field.pdf.
*Researchers who identify as professional teachers, sociologists, psychologists etc., need to ensure they are also following any ethical guidelines issues by their professional body.
If research is undertaken outside the UK it is important to sure it meets any ethical guidelines in the local context as well as those here where the thesis will be presented.
This is a personal site of Keith S. Taber to support teaching of educational research methods.
(Dr Keith Taber is Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.)
2016
Taber, K. S. (2013). Classroom-based Research and Evidence-based Practice: An introduction (2nd ed.). London: Sage.
