‘It’s never okay to say no to teachers’: Children’s research consent and dissent in conforming schools contexts.
Kirby, P., (2020). ‘It’s never okay to say no to teachers’: Children’s research consent and dissent in conforming schools contexts. British Educational Research Journal, 46(4), pp. 811-828. Abstract: This article examines the limits to children giving research consent in everyday school contexts that emphasises their conformity to comply with adult expectations, and highlights children’s competence […]
Disability language in adapted physical education: What is the story?
Spencer, N. L., Peers, D., & Eales, L. (2020). Disability language in adapted physical education: What is the story? In J. A. Haegele, Hodge, S.R., Shapiro, D.R. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Adapted Physical Education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. This chapter builds upon other work by the authors in this space and discusses the conceptual frameworks underpinning […]
Reconsidering assent for randomised control trials in education: Ethical and procedural concerns.
McPherson, A., Saltmarsh, S., & Tomkins, S. (2020). Reconsidering assent for randomised control trials in education: Ethical and procedural concerns. British Educational Research Journal, 46(4), pp. 728-746. Abstract: Despite ongoing disagreement about what kinds of evidence are most valuable to education, there continues to be an increasing push to make a narrow group of scientific […]
Conducting research on nonsuicidal self-injury in schools: Ethical considerations and recommendations.
Hasking, P. A., Lewis, S. P., Robinson, K., Heath, N. L., & Wilson, M. S. (2019). Conducting research on nonsuicidal self-injury in schools: Ethical considerations and recommendations. School Psychology International, 40(3), pp. 217-234. This article addresses six key ethical concerns associated with researching non-suicidal self-injury in schools. It offers recommendations to assist researchers, ethics committees […]
Does the risk outweigh the benefits? Adolescent responses to completing health surveys.
Shaw, T., Runions, K. C., Johnston, R. S., & Cross, D. (2018). Does the risk outweigh the benefits? Adolescent responses to completing health surveys. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28(2), pp. 412-426. This paper shares adolescents experiences of completing research surveys in the school setting on several potentially distress-evoking topics. Please view the full abstract […]
The challenge of ongoing consent? By Michael Gaffney
You can download this ERIC case study as a pdf in English, français, español, 한국어, Türkçe and Bahasa Indonesia. When conducting ethnographic or field-based research that involves children with disability, the notion of informed consent requires the researcher to be very thoughtful about what it means to be fully informed across the full range of […]
Using magnets to visualise informed consent in school-based fieldwork with children. By Marlies Kustatscher
With my PhD research I wanted to explore how ethnicity, gender and social class intersect in young children’s social identities and relationships in a culturally diverse primary school. This research focus suggested a methodology that would allow me to spend time with, observe and talk to children during their everyday life at school. I started […]
The impact of shared information in focus groups on children’s relationships. By Hilde Lauwers
You can download this ERIC case study as a pdf in English, français, español, 한국어, Türkçe and Bahasa Indonesia. The Flemish Commission of Children’s Rights (Kinderrechtencommissariaat) commissioned Research Centre Childhood & Society (Kind & Samenleving) to construct a questionnaire to determine the incidence and prevalence of child abuse and negligence in Flanders. The questionnaire focused […]
Dilemmas at school: How and when to support the inclusion of students with disability. By Jude MacArthur
You can download this ERIC case study as a pdf in English, français, español, 한국어, Türkçe and Bahasa Indonesia. In our ethnographic work with children with disability at school, our research team has observed a number of situations where children and young people have been marginalized and excluded from the curriculum, social life and wider […]
Reflexively conducting research with ethnically diverse children with disabilities.
Ajodhia, A. (2019). Reflexively conducting research with ethnically diverse children with disabilities. In I. R. Berson, M. J. Berson, & C. Gray (Eds.), Participatory Methodologies to Elevate Children’s Voice and Agency (pp. 117-150). Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing. Abstract: This reflexive chapter explores the process of engaging ethnically diverse children with disabilities within participatory […]