RESEARCH ETHICS
ETHICAL ISSUES
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Question
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Keep the information secret as to do otherwise is a breach of confidentiality
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Talk to the setting’s manager (or person with responsibility for safeguarding) soon afterwards
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Be annoyed that you will probably have to exclude the child from the research
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Joke with the parents, saying ‘You’ll never believe what your child has told me ____
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Detailed explanation-1: -6. If you are a student involved in a research project in a nursery how would you deal with a child disclosing that her parent has hit her the previous night? Joke with the parents, saying ‘You’ll never believe what your child has told me…’
Detailed explanation-2: -Types of research methods involving children There are several ways to gather information about children and their lives, including: asking children about their feelings, opinions and experiences through face-to-face interviews, in focus groups with children or by questionnaire.
Detailed explanation-3: -These include: an institution’s capacity to appropriately and respectfully engage children in research, understanding power relations, securing informed consent and assent, ascertaining harms and benefits, maintaining privacy and confidentiality, and ensuring appropriate communication of findings.