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Constructivist Grounded Theory: Recognising and Raising the Voice of Young People with Experience of Care Systems
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Farragher, Róisín; Coogan, Declan – Child Care in Practice, 2020
This article describes a research project designed to explore the ways in which young people with experience of the care system in Ireland understand "family", and family relationships. We chose Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) as the conceptual and analytical framework for the research as it focuses on privileging the voice of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Care, Educational Research, Constructivism (Learning)
The Ethics of Randomized Controlled Trials in Social Settings: Can Social Trials Be Scientifically Promising and Must There Be Equipoise?
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Fives, Allyn; Russell, Daniel W.; Canavan, John; Lyons, Rena; Eaton, Patricia; Devaney, Carmel; Kearns, Norean; O'Brien, Aoife – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2015
In a randomized controlled trial (RCT), treatments are assigned randomly and treatments are withheld from participants. Is it ethically permissible to conduct an RCT in a social setting? This paper addresses two conditions for justifying RCTs: that there should be a state of equipoise and that the trial should be scientifically promising.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Research Methodology, Control Groups, Experimental Groups