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Researching Education
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- 1researching pupils: power and statushave less power than adults, makes it more difficult for them to state views openly
- 2researching pupils: abilitytheir vocab, powers of self-expression, thinking skills and confidence are likely to be more limited than adult's - poses problems for researcher
- 3researching pupils: vulnerability and ethical issuesyoung people are vulnerable to physical and psychological harm than adults - raises ethical issues for the researcher - child protection issues are important - personal data should not be kept
- 4researching teachers: relationships in schoolhave more power and status because of age, experience and responsibility
- 5researching teachers: nature of classroomreinforces power for teacher - 'my classroom' in which researcher may be viewed as a trespasser. BUT they're not fully independent in their classroom - e.g. head teacher constrain what they do
- 6researching teachers: are overworkedtherefore may not be fully cooperative - may mean interviews and questionnaires should be kept short - restricts data
- 7researching classrooms: controlthe classroom is controlled e.g. clear boundaries - young people rarely experience this level of control outside the classroom
- 8researching classrooms: disguising thoughtsteachers and pupils experienced at disguising thoughts and feelings from each other - conceals from researcher too
- 9researching classrooms: peer pressureare in friendship groups - sensitive to peer pressure and may affect the way they respond to being researched
- 10researching schools: accessthe head teacher may not allow the researcher into the school as it may interfere with their school work
- 11researching parents: not physically part of the schoolthey do not attend the school so may not know what happens inside it
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- Sociology (Research Methods) Flashcards on Researching Education, created by samantha_x on 02/04/2014.
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