A philosophy professor interested in writing an article about her experiences trying out new teaching techniques was told by her administration that in order to permissibly do so, she would need approval from the university’s institutional review board (IRB).
She was told that merely trying out the techniques, which were developed from her engagement with Philosophy for Children (P4C), did not require IRB approval, but doing so and then writing about it for a publication about teaching philosophy would.
She is curious what others think about this, whether it is standard practice at other universities, and if there is something she can point her administrators to in order to help them realize they needn’t have this requirement.
Advice and accounts of experiences with similar situations welcome.
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