methods in context Flashcards
practical issues
-time consuming
-costly
-access
-skills
theoretical issues
-validity
-reliability
-representativeness
ethical issues
-consent
-harm
-confidentiality
-social sensitivity
PET unstructured interviews
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-access
-rapoprt
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-sesnitive topics
-confidentiality
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-preffered by interpretivists
-limited reliability
issues with teachers
-reluctant to take part in case of consequences
-impression management
-bias towards school policies
-similar status to researcher, more open
-headteacher may be selective with teachers in order to ensure reputation isn’t harmed
types of pupils and concepts
wc- anti school subcultures, nike identities, setting and streaming
mc- pro school subcultures
ethnicity- ethnocentric curriculum
female- male gaze, hyper heterosexual identities, subject choice
male- laddish subcultures
observations
Willis, lads
Ball, marketisation
Douglas, home influence on education
:)high validity,
:(low generalisability and reliability
:(time consuming
:(access
unstructured interviews
Sewell, black masculinities in school
:) free flowing, qualitative data
:(interpretations
:( reliability
:) verstehen
:)rapport
:(time, training. cost
group interviews
Willis, lads ‘now i come to think of it’
:( reliability
:) validity
structured interviews
Sharpe, girls ambitions
:)reliability
:(no verstehen
:)easily quantified
:(inflexible
field experiment
Rosenthal and Jacobson, spurters
:)validity
:(ehtics
:( access
questionnaire
Reay et al, influence of class on higher education
Connor and dewson, postal Qs, 4000, 14 instittutes
:)quick and cheap
:)big samples
:( low response rate
:) hypothesis testing
:)detachment
:(lying or forgetting
semi structured interviews
Cicourel and Kitsuse ‘how do you mean’
:) validity
:) rapport
:( reliability
