Week 10 initial post
What primary concerns exist in ethics, validity, and reliability in AR? How are you managing these concerns (or how will you) within your study?
To start this post I had to make sure I understood what the five principles of research ethics are.
1. Minimizing the risk of harm
2. Obtaining informed consent
3. Protection anonymity and confidentiality
4. Avoiding deceptive practices
5. Providing the right to withdraw
With these 5 principles in mind I tackled this weeks essential question. As researcher it is important to never harm any one. Some ways search may cause the participant harm include physical harm, psychological discomfort, social disadvantage, and lack of privacy. I can prevent these from happening by always getting content from participants, protecting the confidentially of my students, avoiding possibly dishonest practices, and allowing families to remove themselves from any app.
Informed consent is key to any successful classroom. This is also true for action research. I believe that students should be told what is being researched. It may help them talk to their own parents at home which could influence the results. As a parent myself I would not be happy if my child's teacher decided to conduct research that I was not aware of. This may cause anger and cause the results to not be fully accurate.
As a teacher protecting students confidentially is a crucial component of the classroom. This also stands true for action research. It should not be published what families responded to the most posts. There should be not information that would identify a certain student or family member. This is an easy principle to ensure is abided by, but teachers still need to be aware of the potential risks for violating it.
Principle 4 may be the one out of all 5 I am the least concerned with breaking.I don't feel there is any risk that I will conduct research in a deceptive manor.
Families also need to have the option to opt out of being included in the research that is being collected within the classroom. This is key but it may also be detrimental to the success of the research because it is important to get feedback from all students and their families.
Parsons, J. (2015, May 15). An Introduction of Action Research and Its Ethical Practices. Retrieved November 14, 2017, from http://www.teacherresearch.ca/blog/article/2015/05/30/264-an-introductionreview-of-action-research-and-its-ethical-practices
Locke, T., Alcorn, N., & O’Neill, J. (2013). Ethical issues in collaborative action research. Educational Action Research, 21(1), 107-123.
Schumacher, Gayleen A. Action Research: Establishing Ethics. Saginaw Valley State University, 2016, https://svsu.edu/media/writingprogram/docs/.../P_28-34_Schumacher.pdf
How is data collection going?
NOT GOOD!!! I need some assistance on how to proceed.
To start this post I had to make sure I understood what the five principles of research ethics are.
1. Minimizing the risk of harm
2. Obtaining informed consent
3. Protection anonymity and confidentiality
4. Avoiding deceptive practices
5. Providing the right to withdraw
With these 5 principles in mind I tackled this weeks essential question. As researcher it is important to never harm any one. Some ways search may cause the participant harm include physical harm, psychological discomfort, social disadvantage, and lack of privacy. I can prevent these from happening by always getting content from participants, protecting the confidentially of my students, avoiding possibly dishonest practices, and allowing families to remove themselves from any app.
Informed consent is key to any successful classroom. This is also true for action research. I believe that students should be told what is being researched. It may help them talk to their own parents at home which could influence the results. As a parent myself I would not be happy if my child's teacher decided to conduct research that I was not aware of. This may cause anger and cause the results to not be fully accurate.
As a teacher protecting students confidentially is a crucial component of the classroom. This also stands true for action research. It should not be published what families responded to the most posts. There should be not information that would identify a certain student or family member. This is an easy principle to ensure is abided by, but teachers still need to be aware of the potential risks for violating it.
Principle 4 may be the one out of all 5 I am the least concerned with breaking.I don't feel there is any risk that I will conduct research in a deceptive manor.
Families also need to have the option to opt out of being included in the research that is being collected within the classroom. This is key but it may also be detrimental to the success of the research because it is important to get feedback from all students and their families.
Parsons, J. (2015, May 15). An Introduction of Action Research and Its Ethical Practices. Retrieved November 14, 2017, from http://www.teacherresearch.ca/blog/article/2015/05/30/264-an-introductionreview-of-action-research-and-its-ethical-practices
Locke, T., Alcorn, N., & O’Neill, J. (2013). Ethical issues in collaborative action research. Educational Action Research, 21(1), 107-123.
Schumacher, Gayleen A. Action Research: Establishing Ethics. Saginaw Valley State University, 2016, https://svsu.edu/media/writingprogram/docs/.../P_28-34_Schumacher.pdf
NOT GOOD!!! I need some assistance on how to proceed.
Did you give parents and students the option to opt out? I didn't even think about doing this but my research is very non-intrusive. I told my students that I am using data to make some comparisons and my research but did not ask if they would like not to be included in the work. I will have to double check that they are all okay with this. I think though that for this class I will be okay.
ReplyDeleteWe do need to make sure we protect confidentiality! I hope you have had assistance on data collection. I am a bit behind myself.