cim Flashcards
what are the 3 major differences between studying young people and adults
- power and status
- ability and understanding
3.vulnerability
how many power affect students and teachers?
children have less powers they so they may not state their views openly if they challenge adult’s views
and teachers can use power to select children who will promote a good image of the school for research
what are the 5 WHOs in MIC
pupils
teachers
parents
classrooms
schools
what are the issues w investigating pupils
power and status
ability and understanding
vulnerability and safeguarding
management
what are the issues with investigating teachers
power and status
impression management
time constraints
what are the issues with investigating parents
language barriers
time constraints
impression management
what are the issues with investigating classrooms
closed settings
unnatural behaviour from students and teachers
teacher sees the classroom as their possession
what are the issues with investigating schools
gatekeepers
researchers influence of own school experience skewing how they view schools
schools are rich in data
how do close ended questions limit student’s freedom?
the researcher determines what questions are asked and how answers an=re formulated not the student
who may be unwilling to co operate with a researcher?
students with an antischool subculture as they may see the researcher as another teacher with power over them and hate that
how may language and understanding impact researching students
they may use slang the researcher doesnt understand or is difficult to word in reports
their memory is less developed so remembering details is difficult leading to waffling
what ethical issues are young students at risk of
informed consent due to a lack of understanding
harm to the students e.g physiologial
what are the issues when researching teachers
power and status
impression management
How may impression management be an isssue
goffman states as social actors we behave differently front stage as opposed to when we are backstage
how may power and status impact research on teachers
teachers often see the classroom as their possession making the researcher a trespasser
the researcher may need to disguise as a supply teacher, someone who is lower in the heirarchy
what are the practical issues with researching classrooms
classrooms have gatekeepers. e.g the head teacher,governers, parents, child protector laws
what are the theoretical issues with researching classrooms
Hawthorne effect from students and teachers
teachers may associate observations with inspections and act in a performative way which reduces the validity
how do gatekeepers impact researchers
headteachers view researchers negatively
heads often steer the resarcher away from sensitive situations like classrooms where the teacher has poor control
what are the barriers to researching parents
w/c parents may try to impression manage about how involved they are in the childs education
w/c parents may feel uncomfortable engaging with middle class researchers
w/c parents may be busy at work
w/c parents may not speak fluent english
