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SUMMARY:Epistemology\, ethics and educational research - Prof David Bridge
 s (University of Cambridge Faculty of Education)
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CONTACT:Laura Carnicero
DESCRIPTION:‘Educational research is fiction – written under oath. The
  question is: what is the oath?’ (Barry MacDonald). Barry MacDonald’s 
 aphorism\, dropped quite unselfconsciously at a seminar at the University 
 of East Anglia several years ago is of a piece with his commitment to ‘d
 emocratic ‘ programme evaluation which he pioneered with the likes of  M
 alcom Parlett\, David Hamilton\, Bob Stake and Ernie House. The aphorism h
 as echoed through my own thought ever since\, posing questions as to the r
 elationship between ethical principles and epistemological principles in t
 he conduct of research\, which is the territory I want to explore in this 
 paper. Hammersley has suggested that: ‘where\, previously\, ethical cons
 iderations were believed to set boundaries to what researchers could do in
  pursuit of knowledge\, now ethical considerations are treated by some as 
 constituting the very rationale of research. So does an epistemology of ed
 ucational research that serves in some sense to ensure that beliefs meet c
 ertain conditions for their acceptance remain requirement? More strongly\,
  does ethics impose on us epistemological obligations\, as suggested by Wi
 lliam Clifford in his classic “The Ethics of Belief”?
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, ro
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