documents

Question 1

what are public documents and an example?

Answer 1

Produced by organisations such as government, schools, welfare agencies
Black report – inequalities in health

Question 2

what is an example of personal documents?

Answer 2

diaries, pupils work

Question 3

what are some advantages of using documents?

Answer 3

• personal documents enable researcher to gain insight into the participants reality, lots of qualitative data
• cheap/easily available because someone has already collected it

Question 4

practical issues of using documents to investigate education in terms of accessibility?

Answer 4

public documents on education are often easily accessible

Question 5

example of sociologist?

Answer 5

Gillborn
study of racism and schooling, was able to access a wide range of school documents including school policy statements, local authority guidelines on anti-racism

Question 6

ethical considerations?

Answer 6

Privacy and Data Protection
Educational documents often contain personal data (names, grades, addresses). Using them in research requires strict measures to protect individuals’ identities