Non-participant Observation

Question 1

Willis (1977)

Answer 1

• wealthy amount of information gained in little time
• 12 WC lads, wanted to find out how capitalism shaped their education
• allowed to see activities of boys first hand
• micro scale, sued qualitative methods
• encouraged respondents to speak and prevented himself from talking

Question 2

PET analyse (Willis)

Answer 2

Practical - structured, time consuming
Ethical - informed consent (no deception), doesn’t reveal true meaning of study
Theoretical - no native, Hawthorne effect

Question 3

PET analyse (OFSTED)

Answer 3

Practical - no bias, time consuming
Ethical - no deception, no informed consent
Theoretical - builds verstehen, low validity/reliability