Research Ethics Case Studies 2024
Designed to complement BERA’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fifth edition (2024)
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Research Ethics Case Studies 2024: Classroom observation for ‘insider’ teacher-researchers
This case study examines some of the ethical issues involved in ‘insider’ research. It highlights the importance of thinking through and anticipating potential conflicts of interest when...
Research Ethics Case Studies 2024: Frontlines of climate change education
This case study considers some of the ethical issues related to sustainability and environmental responsibility in relation to educational research. It highlights how environmental implications...
Research Ethics Case Studies 2024: Negotiating power, participation and dissent with young-researchers in community dissemination
This case study considers the ethical issues that can arise when conducting participatory research with young people. It highlights the nuanced nature of participation preferences and the ethical...
Research Ethics Case Studies 2024: Watch your language: Ethical issues when working with young people – meaning and power
This case study explores ethical issues that arise for researchers working with young people. This includes the right of young people to contribute their experiences and opinions in a way that...
Curriculum in a Changing World
50 think pieces on education, policy, practice, innovation & inclusion
Co-authoring an academic paper with young people: The ethical next step in the students as researcher process
This blog post documents the journey to co-author outcomes of a Students as Researcher project (Fielding & Bragg, 2003) as a perspectives and reflections article for the Curriculum Journal (see...
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Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 162
International comparative education
Research with children: Ethical dilemmas regarding practice in the Chinese context
In 2023, as research assistants, we were involved in a project led by Dr Zhu Yan entitled ‘Tackling Ethical Challenges in Research with Children: Contextualizing Children’s Rights in China’....
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Can data generation with children be democratic?
The widely cited United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes the importance of children’s rights, including their freedom of expression (article 13). Research and policy...
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BERJ Early Career Reviewer Scheme: Call for mentors
The British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) is pleased to launch its Early Career Reviewer Scheme that aims to build early career researchers’ capacities in academic peer reviewing. This...
BERA Educational Research Book of the Year
This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.
