Terms and Conditions

Participant Information

Young people (ages 11-18) face many ethical challenges in navigating the digital world. Schools play an important role in teaching young people how to be able to make informed decisions as digital citizens now, and preparing them for adult life. The UK Economic and Social Science Research Council identified digital citizenship as a priority area for education research.

This study seeks to work with teachers, young people, policy makers and the developers of digital learning software to understand how schools are currently meeting the challenge of teaching for digital citizenship. We want to work with our participants to develop new resources to help schools and young people take control of their lives in the digital world.

You are being asked to complete an online survey about your beliefs, practices and aims in teaching young people about digital citizenship. These questions will cover topics such as the threats young people face online, the technologies they engage with, your hopes, ambitions and fears for their futures, where, when and how you teach them how to engage with the digital world. You will also be asked some demographic questions, such as your age, length of teaching career, subject specialism and current job role.

You will not be asked for your personal information such as name or school, so there is no way for you to be identified. Should you volunteer any information that could lead to your identification in response to open questions, this personal data will be removed and deleted before analysis of the research data. As a result, once you have submitted your survey, it will not be possible to withdraw the data. You are being asked to complete this to the best of your knowledge as an individual professional, not as a representative of your school, local authority or other organization.

This anonymous data will be used to help develop resources for schools, and in the production of a report to education policy-makers across the four jurisdictions of the UK. The anonymous data will also be used in the production of papers for academic journals and conferences, which will be available to all through the University of Glasgow’s Open Access agreements, and a book bringing together findings from the project. Research data will be retained for a period of ten years in line with University of Glasgow policy and will be openly available to other researchers for use in further research initiatives during this period.

There should not be anything too distressing about participating in the survey, however, if you would like to withdraw, you can do so at any time by closing your browser window. In the event of psychological distress arising from any of the topics covered in this research, support is available from NHS Mental Health Services or Education Support a registered charity that provides mental health and wellbeing support to teachers and education staff. Your school and teacher union may also be able to provide additional sources of support.

 

Consent Declaration

I confirm that by submitting a survey response I am consenting to participate in this research.

I confirm that I have read and understood the Participant Information Sheet for the above study and have had the opportunity to ask questions.

I understand that my participation is voluntary.

I acknowledge that participants and their organizations will not be identified.

Any material that I provide that could be used to identify individuals will be deleted before analysis of the research data.

Any material that I provide will be treated as confidential and kept in secure storage at all times.

Any material that I provide may be used in future publications, both print and online.

I waive my copyright to any data collected as part of this project.

I understand that I can withdraw from the study at any time by closing my browser, but that once I click ‘Finish’ at the end of the survey, it will not be possible to withdraw my data.

 

Further Information

For more information on the project visit https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/educationresearch/teachingfordigitalcitizenship/

This project has been considered and approved by the College Research Ethics Committee: Reference 400220117

This project has been funded by the Economic and Social Science Research Council, Grant ES/X002756/1

To pursue any complaint about the conduct of the research: contact the College of Social Sciences Acting Lead for Ethical Review, Dr Benjamin Franks: email socsci-ethics-lead@glasgow.ac.uk