Case Based Reasoning Decisions we have made – precedent Look back at those decisions and combine them in order to make a judgment Judgments reflect back on rules Rules reflect on our principles Principles reflect back to the ethical theory

Ethical in research area

1. Ethical policies and
issues for educational
research
Tim Bond
SSL Faculty Research Ethics
Officer

2. Overview
Distinctive characteristics of educational
research
Current procedures
Questions for today

3. 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?

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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?