ETHICS AND RESEARCH DESIGN:The issues facing school-based practitioners and ITE students

Hazel Bryan, Bob Burstow

Kris Stutchbury

The Morning

Part 1: Hazel and Bob• Opening a discussion around ethical approval for

participants on our ITE and CPD programmes. • Exploring whether the issues are the same for funded

research

Part 2: Kris• Introducing a way of thinking about ethics

Points for consideration• Self: Increasing difficulty for ethical clearance. More time

consuming for tutors and students• Students: A disjunction between achieving an

understanding of the issues and identifying the means of resolving them - unclear documentation and gaps

• School Direct: the policy shift in ITE &CPD towards schools. HEI need to understand the schools place in this. Place between emancipatory project and vision/tool for school improvement.

• Fashion in legislation. Society’s stance towards ethics and their deficit view of teachers. What are the impulses that affect us? Is it fear of litigation and a risk-averse culture?

Proposed outcome: • To arrive at a collective position for UCET to present to

ethics committees across HEI.

This should be aimed at:• Supporting both schools and faculties of education • Allowing for a flexible repositioning as they all move forward into a

new education policy landscape• Encouraging thinking about ethics rather than simply conforming to

imposed guidelines