Description
Literacy educators and researchers at all stages of their careers face ethical issues whenever they embark on research studies. In this book experienced literacy researchers identify and address multi-faceted, multi-dimensional ethical issues related to conducting studies in school, home, community, and virtual settings and share actions taken when faced with ethical dilemmas in their own investigations. Each chapter addresses a specific literacy research ethical issue. Part I focuses on conducting research in settings such as schools or literacy clinics. Part Two addresses research with pre-service teachers in college/university and school settings. Part Three looks at research in virtual worlds and online environments. Pedagogical features in each chapter engage readers in making connections between what they are reading and their own teaching and learning situations: A vignette to help readers understand the issue; pre-reading questions ; background information drawn from current research literature; suggested engagement activities; chapter summary. Additional resources (PowerPoint Presentations; Case Studies; Website Links; Interactive "Ask the Researcher Websites/Blogs/Tweets") are available on a website linked to the book: www.LiteracyResearchEthics.com
Table of Contents
Foreword
P. David Pearson
Preface
Chapter 1 – Introduction: The Advancement and Significance of Protecting Human Subjects
Carole S. Rhodes and Kenneth J. Weiss
PART I - Research with Teachers and Students
Chapter 2 - Becoming Answerable to our Participants:
A Methodological Essay on Life History
Amy Johnson Lachuk and Mary Louise Gomez
Chapter 3 – Victims or Free Agents? Constructing Ethical Representations
of “At Risk” Youth
Heidi L. Hallman
Chapter 4 – “You Don’t Have to Tell Anybody About It; You Just Write it Down”: The Dilemma of Using Secrets as Data in Research
Involving “At Risk” Adolescent Girls’ Writing Practices
Mellinee Lesley
Chapter 5 – Ethical Issues in Conducting Research with Bilingual/Dual
Language Learners
Cynthia B. Leung and Alejandro E. Brice
Chapter 6 – Assessment for Research Among Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Rachael Gabriel and Hannah Dostal
PART II: Research with Preservice and In-service Teachers in
College/University and School Settings
Chapter 7 – What Happens to the Teachers and Students Who “Fail”: The Ethics of “Proving” the Effectiveness
of an Academic Intervention
Richard M. Oldrieve
Chapter 8 – Yes, I Take It Personally: Examining the Unexplained Life of a Literacy Ethnographer
Stacie L. Tate x
Chapter 9 – Caring for Whom? Ethical Dilemmas in Doing Research on and
With Teachers in Schools
Nancy Flanagan Knapp
PART III: Research in Virtual Worlds and Online Environments
Chapter 10 – “I Tweet, I Blog, I Post Responses Online, I Text Message,
All for Class”: Issues of Ethics When Dealing with University
Students Who Use New Technologies as Part of Literacy Course Requirements
Kenneth J. Weiss
Chapter 11 – I Want What I Want When I Want It: Ethical Issues of Teaching and Research in Online Classes
Carole S. Rhodes
Chapter 12 – Ethical Issues in Second Life: Do They Matter? Carol J. Delaney and Barbara Guzzetti
Chapter 13 – Anonymity and Confidentiality in the Conduct of Online Surveys Cynthia B. Leung and Zafer Unal
List of Contributors
