Dear Participant
The University of the Western Cape and the University of Carolina,
in the United States of America, have
joined to conduct research with regard to families. This research is part of a larger teaching and learning project called,
South African Families and Households. The purpose of the joint project is to join instructors, who teach, and students, who
learn, at these two institutions. The focus is on Family Studies: How similar and different families are in different countries/cultures.
The team of designers and instructors of this project are the following people:
Vivienne Bozalek; University of the Western Cape
Judy Aulette ; University of North Carolina
Nicolette Roman; University of the Western Cape
Jules Nshimirimana; University of the Western Cape
The abovementioned people
have been and are still involved with this teaching and learning project and wish to share the experiences of the project
with a wider audience. This information will be shared through
conference presentations
and by writing journal articles and book chapters on the work achieved in this project. This letter is to ask you whether
you would be prepared to participate in this study and give us permission to use the information provided by you in this research
which will be shared with others.
Please consider the following
in your response:
- You are requested
to give permission to participate in the study.
- Whether or
not you give this permission, is entirely your personal decision, and it is entirely voluntary.
- There will
be no rewards for giving this permission, as there will of course be no penalty for refusing it.
- You have a
right to withdraw your permission at a later stage – so long as it is before any publication – and we would then
not include your story in the research.
- We would use
your e-learning contributions for the purpose of research only and not for any other purpose.
- You may withdraw
from the research study at any time.
- Your name
and any other names you refer to will not be used and you will therefore be anonymous.
- All information provided by you will be strictly confidential.
- There are no correct or incorrect answers when participating in this study.
Consent form
I,
_________________________________ agree to participate in the study and give the people mentioned above, who have been involved with the planning and implementation
of this project, permission to use the material.
I understand that those involved in planning and implementing this teaching and learning
project are intending to share the work generated in the module in the form of publications and conference presentations.
I also understand that:
Whether or not to give this permission is a personal decision,
and it is entirely voluntary.
There will be no rewards for giving this permission, as there
will of course be no penalty for refusing it.
I have the right to withdraw my permission at a later stage –
so long as it is prior to any publication – and the researcher/s then refrain from including my story in their research.
The researchers would use my stories/drawings for the purpose
of this study only and not for any other purpose.
The identity of myself or any other person included in my story
will be protected.
My
name above and my signature below indicate my permission to use the material I have generated on the SA Families and Households
e-learning course:
Signed at ________________________
(Place) on _______________________ (Date)
__________________________________________
(Name)
PLEASE NOTE:
If
you have any further queries in addition to what has been explained in the attached letter or the consent form, please do
not hesitate to contact the Course Instructors, whose e-mail details are given at the beginning of the attached letter.
