education and research Flashcards

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what are the five main areas of study?

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  • pupils
  • teachers
  • school
  • classroom
  • parents
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problems with researching pupils include:

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  • schools have a hierarchal structure - pupils have less status
  • children often not asked for consent - often told not to say no
  • could prevent pupils from expressing themselves
  • teachers may choose which pupils will be in the sample
  • pupils may lack the ability to understand the questions and nature of the study
  • pupils are more vulnerable to psychological harm
  • questioning children for too long periods of time is inappropriate
  • difficult to gain access to pupils - need permission from guardians
  • vetting and barring scheme DBS checks
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problems which researching teachers include:

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  • often have heavy workloads, so may be less cooperative
  • have a duty of care to pupils
  • are used to being observed so could ‘put on an act’ - impression management
  • unlikely to be critical of the school or senior management
  • unlikely to be critical of the school or senior management
  • head teachers may select which teachers should be in the research
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problems with researching parents include:

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-parents have lots of influence on their children

  • little involvement in actual school life (parents evenings etc)
  • must have parental consent for research to take place
  • hard to gain access to parents
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problems with researching in classrooms include:

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  • classrooms are close settings with physical and social boundaries
  • controlled environment - lots of rules - pupils and teachers could hide their true feelings
  • peer pressure could influence the results
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problems with researching in schools include:

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  • tens of thousands of schools in the uk so could be difficult to select a representative sample
  • lots of secondary data avaliable such as leauge tables, truancy figures, pupils claiming FSM, and OFSTED reports
  • schools records are confidential data so hard to get access to these
  • head teachers and governors are the ‘gatekeepers’ so could refuse access
  • they dont encourage pupils to comment on teachers
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