✓ Sign up to a tutorial time slot that best suits you (via Moodle).
✓ Complete Ethical Enquiry Form.
✓ Create Action Plan.
✓ Join the ‘Self-initiated Project Autumn 2021 – cohort B1 (Catherine/John)’ Workflow group.
✓ Make a Workflow page for your SiP
(✓) Start reading into your topic and making notes, pulling out quotations
I read the British Educational Research Association’s (BERA) ethical guidelines for educational educational research (BERA, 2018) and considered the responsibilities I have as a researcher to both my participants and research community. I used this research to aid my first draft of the ethical enquiry form.
I received some feedback from John O’Reilly who reminded me of the importance of not assuming the knowledge-base of the reader, and to remember to elaborate on what ‘Insights’ is for those who do not know. He also noted that I should get granular and more detailed around who exactly my research participants are to make it less abstract. An interesting suggestion was made about giving participating students the opportunity to make something which was then used as a vehicle from which the conversation is directed, however, I fear the time restraints restricts the potential for me to gather interested students in participating. This is something I will consider for future research as it’s a wonderful way of encouraging students who may find it difficult to express how they feel in words to express through their creativity.
Finally, I was most pleased with this comment about my attention and professionalism being so tangible. Perhaps I will consider my own perspectives (and potential unconscious or conscious biases) and positionality as the researcher within the methodology to reflect on how I came about with my own learning and awareness both before and during the research.
An action plan has been added to my Workflow page to help remind me of necessary tasks to complete along the way.
References
BERA (2018) BERA Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research. Available at: https://www.bera.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/BERA-Ethical-Guidelines-for-Educational-Research_4thEdn_2018.pdf?noredirect=1 (Accessed: 24 October 2021).