Ethical questions are at the centre of research with children and young people. This clear and practical text informs students and researchers about the relevant laws and guidelines and current debates in research ethics. Priscilla Alderson and Virginia Morrow cover ethics at every stage of research, and with all kinds of young research participants, particularly those who are vulnerable or neglected. They break down the process of research into ten stages, each with its own set of related questions and problems, and they show how these need to be addressed. This practical book is essential reading for anyone who conducts or reviews research with children or young people. Priscilla Alderson is Emerita Professor of Childhood Studies at the Institute of Education University of London. Virginia Morrow is Senior Research Officer in the Department of International Development, University of Oxford.
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By breaking down the method of researching with children and young people into stages, this book provides a clear and practical exploration of the ethical issues that surround this area of research.
Introduction Defining Some Terms Research Ethics The Purpose of This Book: Starting from Uncertainty and the Question Format Researchers as Insiders or Outsiders The Contents of This Book PART ONE: THE PLANNING STAGES Planning the Research: Purpose and Methods Two Basic Questions Questions about Purpose and Methods Is the Research Worth Doing? Do Theories Matter? Do Viewpoints Matter? Do Methods Matter? Three Phases in Growing Awareness of Research Ethics Three Ethics Frameworks for Assessing Research Uncertainty - The Basis of Ethical Research Summary of Questions Assessing Harms and Benefits Harms Benefits Risk, Cost, Harm and Benefit Assessments Confusion in Risk-Benefit Assessments Risk of Distress or Humiliation Summary of Questions Respect for Rights: Privacy and Confidentiality Legal Rights to Confidentiality Opt-in or Opt-out Access Practical Respect Privacy Rights Data Protection Act 1998 Confidentiality or Acknowledgement? Intimacy between Strangers: Research Interviews Ethics and the Internet Respecting Local Values Privacy and Encouraging Freely Given Responses in Face-to-Face Contact Does Traditional Ethics Cover Modern Research Experiences and Relationships? Summary of Questions Designing Research: Selection and Participation Framing the Topics and Extent of the Research Combining Respect, Inclusion and Protection Does Traditional Ethics Cover Social Exclusion? Images and Symbols Beyond Inclusion to Participation: Children and Young People as Researchers UN-Related Work With Young People Respecting Young Researchers' Own Qualities Summary Of Questions Money Matters: Contracts, Funding Research and Paying Participants Planning, Budgeting and Research Agendas Ethics and Funding Sources Carbon Costs Ethics and Contracts Freedom to Publish Paying Young Researchers and Participants Payments in Context Summary of Questions Reviewing Aims and Methods: Ethics Guidance and Committees Review and Revision of Research Aims and Methods Does Social Research Need Research Ethics Committees? Recent Experiences with Research Ethics Committees International Standards A National Social Research Ethics Forum? Summary of Questions PART TWO: THE DATA COLLECTING STAGE Information Spoken and Written Information Research Information Leaflets Leaflet Layout Examples of Research Information Leaflets Leaflets in Other Languages Information in Semi-Literate Societies Relevant Research? Two-Way Information Exchanged Throughout the Research Study Summary of Questions Consent Consent and Rights The Meaning of Consent Consent to Open-Ended Research Assent Consent and the Law Consent by and for Children and Young People Double Standards Complications in Parental Consent Defining and Assessing Competence to Consent Levels of Involvement in Decision Making Respecting Consent and Refusal Consent to Longitudinal Research Consent and Secondary Data Analysis International Standards of Consent Research and International Contexts Why Respect Children's Consent? General Questions about Children's Consent Summary of Questions PART THREE: THE WRITING, REPORTING AND FOLLOW-UP STAGES Disseminating and Implementing the Findings Involving Children in Data Analysis Dissemination: Getting to the Heart of Debate and Change Dissemination and Implementation: Children, Young People and Adults Working Together for Change Problems with Dissemination Creative Ways Round the Problems Dissemination and the News Media Critical Readers and Viewers Underlying Attitudes to Children and The 3 Ps Summary of Questions The Impact on Children What Collective Impact Can Research Have on Children and Young People? Reviewing the Impact of Research on Children Positive Images Summary of Questions Conclusion Ways Forward for Individuals and Teams Questions that Cannot be Solved by Individuals Alone The Need for Social Research Ethics Authorities Summary of National Policy Is the Research Worth Doing? And Finally References And Index
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ISBN
9780857021366
Publisert
2011-01-18
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Vendor
SAGE Publications Ltd
Vekt
440 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
170 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, U, P
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
176

Biographical note

Priscilla Alderson is Emerita Professor of Childhood Studies at University College London Institute of Education. She has been involved with medical research ethics committees for nearly 40 years, and more recently with committees that review social research. She has advised on the writing of research ethics guidelines for a range of medical, nursing, social and psychological authorities. She has researched many aspects of children's lives and rights, from premature babies to young people aged up to 18 (see ResearchGate). Recent books include Childhoods, Real or Imagined: An Introduction to Critical Realism and Childhood Studies (Routledge 2013) and The Politics of Childhoods, Real or Imagined (Routledge 2016). Virginia Morrow is Visiting Professor, UCL Institute of Education, and Research Associate,Young Lives, Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Her main research interests are sociology and history of childhood, child labour and children's work, children's rights, methods and ethics of social research with children; children's understandings of family and other social environments. She has been a member of numerous advisory groups and research ethics committees. She is the author of numerous papers and reports and she was a co-editor of Childhood: A Journal of Global Child Research, 2006-2016, also published by Sage.