SAGE Journal Articles
SAGE Journal Articles combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience.
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Article 1: Grimaldi, E. (2015). What future for educational research in Europe? Political, epistemological and ethical challenges. European Educational Research Journal, 14(1), 49-55.
Summary: This article reflects on the future of European educational research (EER) and its politics of knowledge. The article argues for the centrality of these issues into the debate and identifies some challenges for EER. This implies also the extensive engagement of the EER community in a democratic and open normative dialogue with all those with a stake in education.
Questions to Consider:
1. What are the two epistemological challenges identified by the author?
2. What does the author mean by aesthetics of research? How is it democratic?
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Article 2: Van Dellen, T. (2013). Toward a Social Responsibility Theory for Educational Research (In Lifelong Learning). European Educational Research Journal, 12(2), 286-300.
Summary: This article is about educational research (not) mastering the values for decision-making and change. At the start of the article a variety of types of research are presented to show the differences of orientation, process, methodology and goal or focus.
Questions to Consider:
1. Explain the extent of the gap between theory and practice in educational research.
2. What are the differences between traditional empirical-analytical research and action research?
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Article 3: Reeser, J. C., Austin, D. M., Jaros, L. M., Mukesh, B. N., & McCarty, C. A. (2008). Investigation Perceived Institutional Review Board Quality and Function Using the IRB Researcher Assessment Tool. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 3(1), 25-34.
Summary: The institutional review board-researcher assessment tool (IRB-RAT) was designed to assess the relative importance of various factors to the effective functioning of IRBs. The authors employed the IRB-RAT to gain insight into the ways in which our IRB is perceived to be deficient by those who routinely interact with our Office of Research Integrity and Protections.
Questions to Consider:
1. What do the author’s findings suggest regarding the IRB?
2. What is procedural justice and how did it rank among those surveyed?