observations Flashcards

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Paul Willis 1977 criticims

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  • small sample size
  • romanticises their resistance
  • focuses solely on boys
  • changes in education overtime
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2
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Paul Willis - how

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Observation - Participant
Interviews - Overt

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3
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Covert observations example

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James Patrick’s 1973 Glasgow gang

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4
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James Patrick

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pseudonym of a teacher who join a Glasgow gang INCOGNITO , whilst working in an approved school
- with them for 4 months
- left when handed a hatchet and expected to take part

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5
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James Patrick - what type of observation

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  • covert participant
    (ethically wrong , outside factors eg family and mental illness and no protection from harm) , entering and leaving time consuming
  • subjective
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6
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problems with James Patrick observation

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  • ethically wring , deceiving people and observing them without permission
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7
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how did James Patrick enter the gang

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achieved access via one of his gang leader students (only one who knew)

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8
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covert participation

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= interpretivist

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9
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covert observation

Advantages

(like used by James Patrick)

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  • No Hawthorne effect ( more accuracy)
  • find out more in-depth detail (why , who , when , where)
  • cheap , done themselves ( don’t hire others)
  • confidentiality eg Patrick publishes under a fake names and gives gang members fake names to protect them
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10
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covert observations

DISADVANTAGES

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  • risk of cover being blown
  • cannot openly take notes
  • must rely on memory
  • cannot combine observation with other methods eg interviews
  • addition of a new member (researcher) can change group dynamic and decrease validity
  • time consuming
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when was Patrick’s cover almost blown

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when he paid for a suit in cash instead of credit

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12
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cannot combine observation with other methods

eg interviews

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specific questions raise suspicion

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13
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must rely on memory

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which can be skewed by drugs and alcohol

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14
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how many hours did Patrick spend undercover

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120 hours

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15
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unethical ( in Patrick’s case) - immoral to deceive people

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only the gang leader consented

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16
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unethical ( in Patrick’s case) - have to lie about reason for leaving group

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eg some like Patrick simply abandon group without explanation

17
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unethical ( in Patrick’s case) - may have to participate in…

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immoral/illegal activities as part of their role
- eg Patrick handed a hatchet and axe , expected to take part in gang fight triggering his leave

18
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unethical ( in Patrick’s case) - vulnerability

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VULNERABILITY OF RESPONDENT
- Patrick couldn’t defend young gang members in a fight/intervene

19
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Paul Willis

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Learning to labour , 1977

20
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Paul Willis approach

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Neo-marxist approach to education

21
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Paul Willis neo-marxist approach to education (Bowles and Gintis)

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  • like bowles+Gintis , focuses on how education prepares the workforce for capitalism
22
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neo-marxist approach to education

Paul Willis

(Bowles and Gintis) difference

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Willis : education Is NOT a successful agent of socialisation
- can have unintended consequences on pupil which are not beneficial to capitalism

23
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why is education not a successful agent of socialisation

WILLIS

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w/c pupils form counter school subcultures (which in parts some class consciousness )so REJECTS idea of PASSIVE RESISTANCE

24
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Paul Willis research methods - SCHOOL

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  • studied 12 w/c boys in secondary schools over their last 18 months of school and first few months in real word of work schools
  • recorded group discussions and informal interviews
25
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Paul willis research method

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used observation ( NON PARTICIPANT + PARTICIPANT)

26
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The ‘lads’

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developed their own counter school subculture

27
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the ‘lads’ = SUPERIORITY

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  • felt superior to teachers and conformist students
  • counter school culture = highly sexist and racist ( school work and conformisms = ‘cissy’)
28
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the ‘lads’ = ATTITUDE

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  • little/no value attacked to academic work
  • manual work seen as superior to mental
29
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the Lads attitudes to work

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  • couldn’t wait to get out of school and join adult world of work
  • marginally better paid jobs requiring qualifications = not worth loss of freedom
30
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’ the lads’ attitudes in lessons

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  • always tried to avoid lessons by ‘having a laff’ through misbehaviour
  • sabotaging equipment , fidgeting , sprawling , making huge fuss
  • resented school trying to take over their time , attempted to win physical + symbolic ‘space’ from the institution
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