Following feedback from my ARP tutor, I further developed the Ethical Action Plan. These were the main points addressed:
- I moved content relating to the intervention into earlier sections to provide greater clarity on my actions.
- Defined the working title.
- Referenced relevant UAL documents.
- Mapped my actions against the stages of the action research cycle.
- Clarified whether participants can opt in or opt out, whether participation is voluntary or part of the curriculum, and the implications of opting out, such as attendance.
- Included more information about the student cohort and proposed participant numbers.
- Identified practical UAL resources, links, and support services to signpost participants to.
- Clarified the collection of physical data such as paper questionnaires and digital data such as interview recordings, including how data will be stored securely and destroyed after use.
- Reflected on the ethical considerations related to my role as the researcher.
The development of the Ethical Action Plan further consolidated the framing of my research question:
How might choice-based and abstracted approaches to positionality enable students to engage critically without being compelled into disclosure within institutional DEI frameworks?
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