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Education; the research context
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- 1Pupils-less power+status(reinforced by hierarchy in school)=group interviews Pupils vocal/thinking skills -less developed+less confident in expressing abstract ideas =researchers careful when wording Q's They are vulnerable to Physical+psychological harm They may not be mature enough to give consent Child protection- confidentiality-data only kept if vital Consider stressors Eg questioning for long time Consider if children are vital Organisations have developed special codes of conduct for using children Eg UNICEF Children require more time+it is more important to gain rapport+trust=could match gender+ethnicity of child+researcherTeachers; more power+status due to age experience+responsibility This is reinforced by the nature of the classroom=researcher viewed as a trespasser (though teachers are restricted by heads/governors/parents) Teachers may be overworked+less cooperative= questionnaires short+little data teachers are used to putting on a show=act different around researcher+results unreliable
- 2Classrooms=closed highly controlled social settings Eg teachers+schools control time behaviour noise dress +language Teachers+pupils used to disguising their true feelings from each other; researcher too Young people more sensitive to peer pressure+conforming=affect how they respond to researcher =supervise questionnairesResearcher seen as part of hierarchy; pupils see them as teachers =Researchers seen as the enemy Head teacher may refuse research
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- finished sociology (Sociological Methods) Flashcards on Education; the research context, created by *Ellie* on 28/04/2013.
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