Research ethics in comparative and international education: Reflections from anthropology and health

Robinson-Pant, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3989-2272 and Singal, Nidhi (2013) Research ethics in comparative and international education: Reflections from anthropology and health. Compare, 43 (4). pp. 443-463. ISSN 0305-7925

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Abstract

Within methodological debate on comparative and international education (CIE), issues around research ethics have rarely been directly interrogated. By bringing together insights from discussions in the fields of anthropology and health research, this paper aims to develop a ‘situated’ approach for exploring educational research ethics across cultures and institutions. The paper begins with a critique of the legalistic starting point on educational research ethics existing in many Northern institutions, which have often been imposed on other cultural contexts, with a particular focus on examining issues of consent, anonymisation and harm. Cultural values implicit in current UK educational research ethical procedures have been shown to conflict with values in the local context. By focusing on the micro community interactions, ethical concerns discussed in the anthropological literature can provide a resource for learning about differing beliefs and ethical codes of practice. While debates in the health research adopt a social justice agenda, which makes it feasible to interrogate issues such as the processes of knowledge production, the purpose of research and who are the ultimate beneficiaries of the research. The paper concludes by arguing that these reflections can contribute to developing a new lens for exploring research ethics within CIE.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 4 - quality education ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/quality_education
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Education and Lifelong Learning
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	30 Jan 2014 14:38
Last Modified:	21 May 2024 13:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/45473
DOI:	10.1080/03057925.2013.797725

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