Methods In Context Flashcards
What is step one
IDENTIFY
WHO
WHAT
WHERE
STEP 2
METHOD AND PICTURE THE SCENE
Step 3
THINK IF THE ISSUES
Step 4
Get points from bottom of item these create para
Step 5
Annotate and allocate top of the item
WHAT ARE THE 3 THINGS U INCLUDE IN UR INTRO
1/Define the issue
2/Define the method
3/refer to Q
CONCLUSIOM
Answer Q
Decide overall good/bad
MENTION TRIANGULATION
Give alternative method
What does schools own date produce and what does it result in (researching schools)
-great deal Secoundary data publicly available
-making it data rich
What are some issues with schools own data? (Researching schools)
-some confidential
-gatekeep
-may falsify figured for good image
How does the law effect researchers researching schools
-captive audience as legally compelled to be there
-the legal duty to care may lead to restrictions
How does gatekeeping relate to sociologists researching schools
-headteachers have power to gatekeeper
-meighan and Harber 2007- heads review research negatively eve believe bad for classroom relationships
How schools organisation effects sociologists researching schools and how that effect may affect research
-have rules and heirarchy-researchers may then be placed in hierarchy
-single sex schools pose issues with research showing genders
- large scale and complex institutions and thus affect WGEN and how study conducted
- time consuming
Advantages of unstructured interviews
-rapport and sensitivity-trust and validity good sensitive topics eg dobash n dobash
-interciewees view- allows them to speak out-validity
-check understanding
-flexibility
Disadvantages of unstructured interviews
-practical problems-time,training and interpersonal skills
-representativeness
-reliability
-quantification
