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[stephenpoi]

Hello everyone,
This is a general call-out to all foreigners teaching in South Korea! I am currently working on my Master's Degree project and need some help! Part of my research requires passport-style photos of teachers currently teaching in South Korea. I need pictures from all areas of English education, including Hogwons, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and University. If you can help me, please e-mail your photo's to: [email protected]. Please be advised that your photos will be shown to survey respondents and your participation is completely voluntary. Your identity will be kept completely confidential and your pictures randomly selected.
In your e-mail, please include your picture, age, years of teaching experience and area of study (i.e, hogwon, elementary school, middle school, high school & university).
Thank you in advance for your help. Your participation is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Stephen Poirier

[SeoulNate]

What questions are you going to ask when showing the pictures?

[happyinhenan]

[tanklor1]

[yodanole]

Well, I am relieved to discover that my participation is completely voluntary. I feel as if I've had a close call.

[tardisrider]

OP, here's what you should do: Provide the name of your institution, the approved institutional review board forms justifying the need for photos, a breakdown of what you'll be doing with the photos both during and after the research including steps that you'll take to preserve the confidentiality of the participants' identities, a full breakdown of the methods used in the study, and your theoretical framework for the study's design.

Also, you should use an official email from your institution instead of a generic gmail address.

[duhweecher]

This is one reason why institutions have IRB. It not only assures the protection of human subjects, but also helps the researcher avoid looking completely clueless.

There are certain procedures you must following in giving your subjects information regarding how their information and pictures (or whatever) are going to be used. (Pretty much all mentioned by the poster above...with the exception that the IRB is usually where you do everything *before* approval...not as an aside to approval. From what I know you do not have to give the overall frame--theoretical nor methodological--for your research, but you must say how you plan to specifically use the pictures. The details of your research is what IRB will use to figure out if you actually need these pictures; you don't need to confuse your subjects with all that mess, but they are entitled to know how you plan to use their specific pictures and for what specific reason, i.e. I will use your picture over a choice of "does he look like a criminal to study racial profiling in elementary school students in South Korea" or the like as mentioned above).

By Korean law (yes, it's a law), you also need to get these subjects' written consent and a contact number (typically the Institutional Review Board at your institute) where they voice objections and clarification. Lack of IRB approval can also get you immediately kicked out of school for attempting such research, so be careful. Follow the proper route or stick to the gmail account and hope you manage with your current "method."

This is all work that your advisor SHOULD be doing with you or at least advising you on how to do it without breaking human rights laws and institutional regulations.

[The Cosmic Hum]

The request makes zero academic sense, but economic sense...possibly.
These pictures seem far more likely to end up sold to some Korean Cupid like website than to appear in any legitimate academic endeavor.

Or not.

Stephen is this you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmHSXnvzA_g

You've definitely got some skills

[earthquakez]

[sligo]

[tardisrider]