Open AccessEthical Dilemmas of Emerging Latina Researchers: Studying Schools Serving Latina Communities
Author(s) -
P. Zitlali Morales,
Lilia D. Monzó
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1006
Subject(s) - sociology , power (physics) , field (mathematics) , pedagogy , power structure , engineering ethics , ethnography , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , anthropology , pure mathematics , engineering
This article explores some of the ethical dilemmas we have encountered as emerging Latina researchers in dual language school contexts. Informed by Chicana Feminist Theory, we attempt to analyze power in more nuanced ways, shifting the analysis of ethics away from traditional notions of power based only within the researcher rather than the participants. While we do not offer solutions to these dilemmas, we raise questions that we hope will spur thoughtful reflection and move the field of educational research into more equitable and ethical research practices across contexts.