This article "discusses the implications for educational research when the values of consent are in conflict with a schooling focused on conformity." Schools are, as the author notes, "problematic sites for consent." Attendance is compulsory and adherence to the learning culture is mandatory. This study adopts a methodology attempting to "disrupt educational conformity." But it's not as simple as asking them whether they consent, because saying "no" to the teacher is not allowed. The author observes a variety of other ways students indicate dissent - becoming distracted, playing with paper, making irritating noises, or simply disengaging. Obviously this raises ethical issues around conducting research with student populations. And it should - I think - raise ethical issues about how we manage the practice of educastion in general. Imahge: the Atlantic.
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