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Question: Before taking this course, you may have heard about the Tuskegee experiments, Henrietta Lacks, and the Stanford Prison Experiment but had you ever thought about the ramifications of those incidents, and we benefit from them today? While the studies led to many breakthroughs, those studies put the results above the basic rights and dignity of human beings. When conducting research, we must always be mindful of showing respect for persons, make every effort to minimize risk and do no harm, and examine our approaches with equity and equality in mind.
With these things in mind and the knowledge gained from the Belmont Report and CITI Training, respond to the questions below for your initial response and respond to two or more people in your group.
Since No Child Left Behind became law (though ESSA is now law), our students' performance has not improved appreciably. Some tests deny people of color opportunities to advance in school, careers, etc. If we have two decades of data that show little to no improvement, are we adhering to the principles of the Belmont Report, or will our children and grandchildren be talking about us as we talk about past researchers? Do you think this is an ethical issue, and if so, what can we do to inspire change?
In the natural sciences, we usually set up an experiment with a control group and an experimental group where the participants do not know what group they are in (Blind study). In some cases, the researchers do not even know which people are in each group (Double-blind). However, you rarely see experimental studies done in education. With what you have learned from the Belmont Report and CITI training, why do you think researchers do not conduct students with an experimental and control group?
With recent changes to education, schools, and counseling and what professionals can teach or discuss in the classroom or clinical setting (e.g., avoiding discussions of race and discrimination in Texas schools and legal issues with gender reassignment), what responsibility do researchers have to speak out against or for these changes? Supply evidence or support for your point(s).