ABSTRACT

Ethics has traditionally been seen as a set of general principles which can be applied in a range of situations. This book argues that in fact ethical principles must be shaped within different research practices and hence take on different significances according to varying research situations. The book develops the notion of situated ethics and explores how ethical issues are practically handled by educational researchers in the field. Contributors present theoretical models and practical examples of what situated ethics involves in conducting research on specific areas.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

Ethics in the practice of research

chapter |17 pages

Damned if you do, damned if you don't

Ethical and political dilemmas in evaluation

chapter |13 pages

‘Come into my parlour'

Ethical space and the conduct of evaluation

chapter |13 pages

Whose side, whose research, whose learning, whose outcomes?

Ethics, emancipatory research and unemployment

chapter |19 pages

Researching education and racialization

Virtue or validity?

chapter |15 pages

Snakes and ladders

Ethical issues in conducting educational research in a postcolonial context

chapter |14 pages

Dancing with the devil

Ethics and research in educational markets

chapter |15 pages

A regrettable oversight or a significant omission?

Ethical considerations in quantitative research in education