About this survey
Information Sheet
Name of Principal Researcher
Raheela Tahir
Title of Research
Are Early Years Educators’ well-prepared for the demands of Special Educational Needs children? The role of self-efficacy, gender, and ethnicity in the referral of children with Speech, Language, and Communication Needs.
Aims of the Research
To understand what influences Early Years Educators in their decision to refer children with special needs.
Description of the Procedure
This research is conducted as part of an undergraduate dissertation towards a Bachelor degree in Psychology.
You will be asked some demographic questions and then you will be presented with the General Self-Efficacy Score questionnaire. After this is completed, you will be given a description of a child's language ability, followed by a question asking you to score on a scale.
Length of the task
Participation will take 10 minutes
Exclusion criteria
Participants must be 18+
Description of risks
Research such as this has been conducted worldwide with no known negative effects.
Data collection and storage
All data will be kept securely in line with Data Protection legislation (digital information will be stored in a password-protected folder). You will be assigned a unique identifier to prevent personal details from being linked directly with your data. Your anonymised data will be combined with that of all participants in the study and this dataset will be available to the dissertation supervisor and the marking team. All data collected from you will be destroyed after the exam board has met, or in line with journal guidelines if the research is published in an academic journal.
To read more about the university privacy policy for research participants please follow this link:https://www.glos.ac.uk/docs/download/Privacy-notices/Research-Participants-Privacy-Notice.pdf.
Right to withdraw
Participation in this research is voluntary and you have the right to withdraw at any time including up to two weeks after your participation by emailing s4006939@glos.ac.uk with your unique identifier.
This research project has been approved by the Psychological Sciences Research Ethics Panel.
Contact information
Information about this study:Contact information
If you have any questions about the research, please contact the researcher, Raheela Tahir at s4006939@glos.ac.uk
If you have any concerns about the conduct of the research, please contact my research supervisor, Dr Katerina Kantartzis at kkantartzis@glos.ac.uk
If you wish to discuss the research with an independent party, please contact the chair of the research ethics panel, Dr Danielle Stephens-Lewis at dstephenslewis@glos.ac.uk
Contact email: s4006938@glos.ac.uk