Opening Pandora's Box: ethical dilemmas in literacy research
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Paper/Presentation Title | Opening Pandora's Box: ethical dilemmas in literacy research |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Henderson, Robyn |
Editors | Jeffery, Peter L. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the International Education Research Joint Conference |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2003 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.aare.edu.au/03pap/hir03304.pdf |
Conference/Event | Association for Active Educational Researchers Conference (NZARE/AARE 2003): Educational Research, Risks and Dilemmas |
Event Details | Association for Active Educational Researchers Conference (NZARE/AARE 2003): Educational Research, Risks and Dilemmas Event Date 29 Nov 2003 to end of 03 Dec 2003 Event Location Auckland, New Zealand |
Abstract | In recognising literacy as a social practice, some educational research has investigated the nexus between school and home or community literacy practices. In doing this, however, researchers sometimes find themselves opening a Pandora's Box, where the expected jewels of wisdom have been replaced by unexpected ethical dilemmas. This paper presents some of the dilemmas experienced by one researcher in interviewing teachers, students and parents from one school site over a two-year period. Whilst some of the ethical dilemmas were to do with confidentiality and the wellbeing of participants, others revealed quite complex issues that needed consideration. In particular, the paper focuses on the issue of researcher responsibility to participants, schools and academic audiences, as well as how to best balance deconstructive and reconstructive notions of critique. |
Keywords | interviewing techniques; research ethics; confidentiality |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390104. English and literacy curriculum and pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL) |
500107. Professional ethics | |
390402. Education assessment and evaluation | |
Byline Affiliations | James Cook University |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q054w/opening-pandora-s-box-ethical-dilemmas-in-literacy-research
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