Ethics!

Ethics is a very difficult aspect to determine.  Are you completing your research in an ethical manner?  Are you staying true to your research? These are difficult questions to answer while attempting to complete research.  Ethics have become an essential portion in the view of research.  From watching the two videos on MyEducationLab, you see two very different points of view in the importance of ethics in research.  I believe that Doug had the correct idea on how to stay ethically sound when completing his research.  He not only got permission from the parents but he also gained permission from the students that he would be researching.  This allowed for the students and the parents to be knowledgeable about both the research and any data results that will be found because of it.  This tells me that Doug was conscience about any ethical considerations concerning his research.  Jeanette on the other hand seemed to be more concerned about keeping her research a secret then allowing the principal to gain information about the research.  If you are going to complete action research on a set of students, gaining permission is essential to completing the research.  You not only allow the administration, parents and students to understand what your research is about but you might be able to gain insight into your research that you might not have considered yet.  Jeanette did not want to disclose any information regarding her research to the principal or her fellow colleagues.  This gave the wrong impression of her research.  It lead others to believe that she was attacking them and their materials, when she was only attempting to gain insight into the materials available to the students.  If she would have gained permission from the principal regarding her research the feelings toward her research would have been more positive.