Methods In Context

Methods In Context

1. Studying children

   • Easy to find
   • Difficult to access - gatekeepers
   • Vulnerable
   • More naive -> truth
   • Informed consent
   • Language difficulties
   • Attention span
   • Researcher-child relationship
   • Memory issues

2. Studying parents

3. Studying in classrooms

4. Studying in schools

5. PERVERT

   • Practical
     • Time and money
     • Funding
     • Characteristics
     • Subject matter
     • Research opportunity
   • Ethical
     • Informed consent
     • Confidentiality
     • Privacy
     • Harm to participants
     • Vulnerable
     • Covert
   • Reliable
     • Replicable
     • Inter-observer
   • Valid
     • Accuracy
   • Empirical research
     • Other studies
   • Theoretical
     • Methodological
     • Perspective
     • Interpretive or positive
   • Representative
     • Larger sample
     • Wider society

6. Positivist or interpretivist

   • Positivism
     • Quantitative
     • Scientific
     • Structured interviews
     • Questionnaires
   • Interpretivist
     • Qualitative
     • Unscientific
     • Subjective meaning
     • (Non)participant observation

7. Useful concepts

   • Gatekeepers
   • Impression management
   • Peer group pressure
   • Front-stage behaviour (Goffman)
   • Back-stage behaviour
   • Hawthorne effect