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Are you struggling with your dissertation? Have you started too late and now you’re panicking? Help is here! Your Dissertation in Education is a straight-forward, plain English guide to doing and writing your project. It will take you from start to finish, with practical and friendly advice on every page. This second edition includes: - A new Foundations section with the concepts and tools you need to get started - An expanded guide to methodology and writing about methods - A new chapter on mixed methods An essential companion on your dissertation journey, this book is ideal for students across education, including teacher training, early childhood and education studies. Scott Buckler is Principal Lecturer in the School of Education at Newman University (Birmingham). Nicholas Walliman is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Design, Technology and the Environment at Oxford Brookes University.
What’s all this about ethics?
What’s all this about ethics?
By the end of this chapter you will be able to answer the following:
- What are ethics?
- How have educational ethics changed?
- Why are ethics important?
- How can I ensure that I work within an ethical framework?
- What are the rights of the individual?
- What should I do now?
What are ethics?
You may well have heard about medical ethics, for example, whether euthanasia should be legalised. Although your education degree may have previously discussed ethics, it is not until you are actually engaged in planning your research that you tend to fully understand and appreciate the variety of perspectives.
Hopefully you will have discussed ethics in relation to educational research; after all you will be working within an ethical framework as you conduct ...
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