Brandon, who is a social work major, was thrilled to start his internship at the local family social services agency. During the first week of his internship, his supervisor offered him an opportunity to respond to a federal Request for Proposal and apply for a grant. Brandon is charged with writing a grant to secure funds to develop an educational program for prenatal care. The grant application requires narrative that presents the need for the project. Discuss four major points Brandon could make in an effort to justify the need for a prenatal education program for new parents?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 2Monika, who will turn forty next month, is very upset because she has not been able to get pregnant. Monika and her husband have been trying for nearly five years to conceive a child. They have made the decision to see a doctor about reproductive technologies. What options are they going to hear from their doctor, and what is a strength and limitation associated with the various reproductive technologies?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 3In your fifth grade science class, one of your students asks, Why am I a boy? How might you explain to your fifth grade class in very simple terms how sex is determined?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 4You have been asked by your colleagues at the child development center to participate in a parenting workshop. More specifically, you have been asked to explain how children inherit traits from their parents and ancestors. How might you cover this topic, and what are two keys points you would want to discuss with the workshop attendees?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 5Dr. Julian, a local university professor and researcher, went into a classroom as a visitor and observed children's behaviors during a science lesson. Dr. Julian did not talk with the children, but she observed their behaviors and collected data that she later published in a professional journal. The children were unaware that Dr. Julian was collecting and analyzing their behavior. Which of the following statements applies to this situation?
a. Dr. Julian should have gone through the Institutional Review Board process and obtained signed consent from a parent/guardian of each child.
b. As long as Dr. Julian maintains confidentiality and does not use the names of the children, there are no problems with her research methodology.
c. Dr. Julian did not need to obtain an informed consent from any of the parents/guardians because she is a university professor. She had been approved for the classroom visit.
d. Although Dr. Julian did not need the permission of the parents, she should have asked the children either verbally or in writing for their permission to participate in the research project.
Ques. 6A researcher wants to understand resiliency in children after they experience failure. Although the researcher did not obtain approval from the Institutional Review Board, she did obtain signatures of parents/guardians on informed consent forms. The children in the study do not know it, but the researcher programmed the computer software so that the students will not be able to complete the science problem they are given in their virtual online science laboratory. The researcher is most interested in seeing which children become frustrated to the point of crying or giving up prior to solving the problem. What is our major concern with this research study?
a. The researcher collected informed consent forms from the parents and guardians, but not the children.
b. The researcher may cause harm to the children, who may become frustrated and ultimately distrustful of adults. The researcher is using deceptive practices in her research design.
c. The research design actually discriminates against children from lower income families. They have less experience with technology such as the virtual online science laboratory.
d. The research design ultimately examines intelligence. The more intelligent children will recognize the impossibility of the task and stop trying. Children with lower intelligence will keep trying.
Ques. 7Mr. Langley is a fourth-grade teacher, who is completing a graduate degree in educational policy studies. To meet the requirements for one of his graduate courses, Mr. Langley needs to complete a research project. He decides to measure reading comprehension using the students in his own class as research participants. He asks parents for their permission to allow him to test the reading comprehension of his students outside the regular school day. He has obtained permission from the Institutional Review Board. The IRB approved his request to offer incentives to the parents who allow their children to participate in his study only if:
a. the incentive is given to the parents before the study begins.
b. the incentive is given to the parents after the study has concluded and the data have been analyzed.
c. the incentive or thank you gift is consistent with what the parents or children would expect in their own lives.
d. all children in the study are also provided an incentive or gift for their participation.
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