Confidentiality and Anonymity: Ethical Considerations
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Confidentiality and Anonymity: Ethical Considerations
Extracts from a research proposal
Research title
This will be a working title which is best worded as a question which should be in two parts, the first part is a statement of the topic and the second part is the research question
Professional identity and professionalism in prison education: are prison educators’ perceptions of their professional identity influenced by the policies and politics of the penal system?
Abstract
This is an overview of the contents of the proposal and should be 100-150 words. Imagine that you have to describe your research to someone in 30 seconds.
The propose research will be an investigation into professional identity and professionalism in an educational organization and whether this is affected by policies and organizational politics. The research will focus on a specific group of educators who are teaching in a prison education department in the north of England.
It is proposed that the research will be undertaken by gathering data via in-depth semi-structured interviews with prison educators. The data will be then be analyzed using a thematic narrative approach. My current role as an insider-researcher gives me access to potential participants but also presents ethical issues regarding confidentiality and anonymity. These issues have been considered and possible solutions identified.
Introduction
This section introduces the research area/topic and briefly states the aims of the research, the rationale for the research and the main research question and sub questions, which can be a bullet point list.
The aim of the research is to investigate the perceptions of a group of prison educators of their professional identity and what, if any, influence the policies and politics of the penal system may have on those perceptions.
The issues that are faced by the prison education workforce are not widely known, as prison education is hidden from public view. Its purpose remains not only a mystery to outsiders, but often also to those responsible for its management and those employed to deliver it.
Conceptualization
This section is where you define the key concepts that are part of your research, you can also include references to the key theories in this section.
The concepts of professional as an occupational category, professionalism as the process by which individuals become professionals and professionalization as ‘the process by which occupations become professions’ (Miller son, 1964: 10) originated in profession discourse.
The research will use Foucault’s (1969:1972) theory of discourse and discursive formation to trace the historical development of profession discourse. To examine the early concepts of ‘professional’ and ‘professionalism’ it will use the works of Spencer (1896), Tawney (1921) and Flexner (1915).
Professional Context
This section is relevant if the research is related to your professional practice as a practitioner, for example as a teacher or a manager in a setting or as a volunteer. In this section you can refer to yourself as I, if this section is not relevant to your research then do not include it.
I began my teaching career in 2000, when I was employed by the local adult education (AE) service to teach math in a local prison education department. My current position is ….
Organizational Context
This section is relevant if the research is related to, or being carried out in a specific organization, e.g. a school or college. You should include a brief description of the setting, without naming it, and what its purpose is, if this section is not relevant to your research then do not include it.
The research will be taking place in a male local prison in the north of England. The research location has recently undergone a number of changes that have impacted on educators and their managers. For example, the capacity of the prison was recently expanded by 40% with the building of four new wings and an extension to the existing facilities, including new classrooms.
Policy Context
This section is relevant if the research is related to a specific policy or group of policies which can be cited. If this section is not relevant to your research then do not include it.
The prison education workforce is bound by three sets of policies, those applying to FE, those applying specifically to prison education and those applying to the prison service. The recommendations of the review, Unlocking Potential: A review of education in prisons (2016) were that prison education should include more personal and social development (PSD) courses and more arts, music and sports activities alongside the basics of math and English.
Methodology
This is the section where you outline the philosophical approach that the research will take along with the methods and data collection strategies that will be used. You also need to include details of who the participants will be, how they will be chosen and why as well as considering some of the limitations of the research and the ethical aspects of the research.
This might include your positionality and/or role as an insider-researcher. Each of these research decisions will, be dealt with quite briefly in order to stay within the word limit but each one needs to be justified with references to research theory and practice that are to be found in research texts. Subheadings can be used, as in the example below, to give structure to this section but are not compulsory.
Philosophical basis of the research
The epistemological approach of the research will be interpretivist as it concerned with the …. The research will adopt a constructivist ontological position, as the ….
Method
The most appropriate method to adopt for this research will be qualitative as this …
Approach
The participants will be …. The data will be collected through semi-structured interviews because… Reliability and validity will be ensured by ….
Limitations
The results may not be generalizable because…
Ethical issues
Ethical considerations will include….
References
This is a list of all the texts and sources that you have cited in the proposal, it must conform to the University of Hull guidelines provided on Canvas
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