Ethics Archives - Enhancing Postgraduate Environments https://postgradenvironments.com/tag/ethics/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 07:54:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://postgradenvironments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/favicon.png Ethics Archives - Enhancing Postgraduate Environments https://postgradenvironments.com/tag/ethics/ 32 32 The Ethics of Research using Human Participants https://postgradenvironments.com/2017/02/24/ethics-research-using-human-participants/ https://postgradenvironments.com/2017/02/24/ethics-research-using-human-participants/#respond Fri, 24 Feb 2017 07:54:50 +0000 http://postgradenvironments.com/?p=372 This video clip outlines the general ethical considerations when developing a study involving humans as research participants. The importance of ethics in research using humans,...

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]]> This video clip outlines the general ethical considerations when developing a study involving humans as research participants. The importance of ethics in research using humans, as well as considerations of respect for persons, beneficence and justice are addressed.

Miriam Mattison; Department of Human Kinetics and Ergonomics; Rhodes University

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Particularly useful for student and emerging researchers in any field involving humans as research participants, e.g. health sciences and social sciences.

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]]> https://postgradenvironments.com/2017/02/24/ethics-research-using-human-participants/feed/ 0 Supporting Academic Writing Practices in Postgraduate Studies https://postgradenvironments.com/2017/02/24/supporting-academic-writing-practices-postgraduate-studies/ https://postgradenvironments.com/2017/02/24/supporting-academic-writing-practices-postgraduate-studies/#respond Fri, 24 Feb 2017 07:38:34 +0000 http://postgradenvironments.com/?p=365 This booklet outlines the development of academic writing practices and includes lots of useful activities. It has been developed on a sound theoretical basis and...

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]]> This booklet outlines the development of academic writing practices and includes lots of useful activities. It has been developed on a sound theoretical basis and explains the research on writing development in an accessible and useful way. It will be a boon for supervisors and postgraduate scholars alike.

 

 

By Kirstin Wilmot and Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Rhodes University. If you found this useful, you might like to watch a short video about the need to develop your writing by writing for yourself first.

 

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