METHODS IN CONTEXT

What three things do we need to decode the question?

what, how, why

What do we need to know about sensitivity of topics?

invasion of privacy, will they talk about it, are they aware of the processes, is it beneficial for the participants to discuss it

What are the strengths of unstructured interviews?

validity (develop rapport), ability to probe deeper and ask further questions, gain a better understanding,, understand different types of identity

What are the limitations of unstructured interviews?

more expensive (take longer), more training, talk to less people, increased chance of a privacy breach, interviewer bias, hathorne effect and social desirability bias

What are the issues with interviewing teachers?

reluctant to take part, good at impression management, show bias to school policies and procedures

What are working class pupils views on school likely to be?

nike identities, setting and streaming, anti school

What are middle class pupils views on school likely to be?

pro school subcultures

What are ethnic minority pupils views on school likely to be?

ethnocentric curriculum, subcultures, racialised expectations

What are male pupils views on school likely to be?

laddish subcultures

What are female pupils views on school likely to be?

male gaze, subject choicces, hyper heterosexual identities

What is needed for a band 5 answer?

strengths and limitations specific to method, characteristic of the group/issue being studied, development of the point

Why are cultural factor tricky to measure?

unique from person to person, depends on self identification, where is surveyed and resposne rate

How do we measure people’s attitudes and tastes?

qualatative data, questionnaires and interviews but then can be changed through content analysis

What are the issues with cultural capitals and habitus?

tricky to analyse as they’re hard to operationalise

What are the issues with culture and self completion questionnaires?

what somebody may see as high culture, others may not

How can attitudes and tastes be measured?

closed questions, but will lead to the imposition of reponses by the researcher and they will vary across social groups

How may parental attitudes effect school views?

may depend on own experiences (eg bullying)

How will cultural backgrounds differ?

across social class and ethnicity, some groups will be more pro-education whilst other may not see education as important

Practical issues of self completion questionnaires?

tricky to distribute, repsonse rate may be low, how do they reach people?

ethical issues of self completion questionnaires?

anaonymity means more poeple are more likely to be open and honest, offering confidentiality to repsondents may increase response rate

theoretical issues of self completion questionnaires?

interpretivists don’t like it

practical Issues with researching parents and pupils?

access, relationships, time, sample size

ethical issues of self completion questionnaires?

social sensitivity, protection from harm, deception, anonymity,confidentiality

theoretical issues of self completion questionnaires?

validity, reliability,, vlaues, representativness

Methods for researching parents?

unstructured interviews (rapport), secondary sources (parebtal choice), questionnaires (large sample). statistics (analyse)

Methods for researching pupils?

unstructured interviews (rapport), Covert/overt observation (reaction and behaviours), questionnairres (large sample), statistics (analyse

What home factors may be analysed?

material deprivation, cultural attitudes, early socialisation, family structures, parenting styles

practical Issues with research methods?

access, time, sample size, from harm, consent

ethical Issues with research methods?

social sensitivity, protection from harm, consent

theoretical Issues with research methods?

subjective, validity of responses, reliability, theorrtical position

What method would we use to discuss FSm, income or family structure?

official statistics

What method would we use to discuss rapport?

unstructured interviews

What method would we use to discusst time spent qith kids, levels of education, capital and social atitudes?

questionnaires