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1. Ethics and Academic Freedom in Educational Research

   Edited by Pat Sikes, Heather Piper

   Formal ethical review of research proposals is now almost the default requirement for all – staff and students – planning research under the auspices of colleges and universities in many parts of the world. With notable exceptions, the extant literature discussing educational research ethics takes...

   Published May 5th 2011 by Routledge
2. Researching Sex and Lies in the Classroom

   Allegations of Sexual Misconduct in Schools

   By Pat Sikes, Heather Piper

   The Anglophone world is gripped by a moral panic centred on child abuse in general and fear of the paedophile in particular. Evidence suggests an alarming rise in the number of false allegations of sexual abuse being made against teachers, and demonstrates that the fallout from being falsely...

   Published November 17th 2009 by Routledge
3. Don’t Touch!

   The Educational Story of a Panic

   By Heather Piper, Ian Stronach

   This book explores the problems involved in ‘touching’ children in an educational environment. It uses real-life examples taken from groundbreaking research into the mentality of today’s risk culture, and highlights a maddening state of affairs in which ordinary well-meaning professionals feel they...

   Published March 18th 2008 by Routledge