Link: How to teach TESOL ethically in an English-dominant world TESOL and social justice One of the thrusts of my research has been a critical examination of the social consequences of the global spread of English. In my book Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice, for example, I argue that “Englishization” engenders an external orientation to development. Knowledge produced and disseminated through […]
Read moreThanks to Sarah Darley-Nolan for bringing this very interesting BBC radio 4 programme to my notice. I thought it would be good to share it here. Informed consent Facebook has been under fire for running a controversial ’emotion manipulation’ study on 689,003 Facebook users. The experiment, to find out whether emotions were contagious on the social network, involved minor changes […]
Read morePreparing the ethical forms is a process that needs a careful attention so that we can demonstrate how we have considered the ethical elements of our research and how we will ensure our ethicality during our contacts with our participants and in all aspects of our research. It is also a quite lengthy process to follow. For me, it took […]
Read moreI personally find that the ethical approval process is quite overwhelming. After filling the forms after forms and compiling all supporting documents I submitted everything to the committee in April. I heard back from a reviewer on May 21st that I had to make some minor adjustments before my ethical forms can be approved. These adjustments are as follows: 1. […]
Read moreI have just got back from a few days at this year’s IATEFL conference in Harrogate. Perhaps I’ll blog about the conference itself sometime, but what I’d like to try and write down now is the essence of what for me was a very interesting series of conversations. They started in the very elegant surroundings of Betty’s tearooms (Harrogate tea, […]
Read moreHere is the link to the article that Richard sent out Holliday_2013_The politics of ethics in diverse cultural settings- colonising the centre stage
Read moreAfter completing my panel in October I have been working through completing the ethics forms for my PhD study. Originally it was seen to have a low risk level. However, from my panel feedback and discussions with colleagues in the department it appears that from the wording on the ethics form my study is actually medium.The primary reason for this? […]
Read moreThere’s been a big move towards getting any hardware (laptops, USBs, hard drives) to get encrypted by IT services regardless if the device is university owned or it’s your own Commodore 64. Is it necessary? And do we have to? The short answer is “Yes”. Whether you’re first in line or dragged kicking and screaming, it’s a requirement now for […]
Read moreI am sure that none of us, researchers and supervisors alike, need reminding of the robust Ethics Approval procedures now in place, but the information below provides a salutory reminder: Protocol for handling instances of potential breaches by students of research integrity in the School of education with particular reference to the ethical protocol A. Background Ethical protocol can be breached if a student a) conducts […]
Read moreLou and Eljee go before the University’s Ethics committee (UREC) on Monday 14th March in the early afternoon. All the very best to them in this final stage of approval before their ‘main studies’ can commence.
Read moreJulian has alerted us to the following volume which may be of interest to some: Ethnography and Education: Volume 5 Issue 2 is now available online at informaworld Special Issue: ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN THE FIELD: THE COMPLEX NATURE OF DOING EDUCATION ETHNOGRAPHY Guest introduction; Ethical dilemmas in the field: the complex nature of doing education ethnography, Pages 123 – 127, […]
Read moreThis is a discussion thread about this increasingly visible and robust part of the doctoral experience, i.e. ethics approval. Being ethical has always been important as a researcher but now the approval process is becoming more evident. So, perhaps it is time to start sharing our ethical approval experiences? To start the ball rolling, here (no longer active) is what a former Counselling […]
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