Methods in Context: Education (AQA A-Level Sociology): Flashcards
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3 main types of considerations in educational research
3 main types of considerations in educational research
Practical, ethical, and theoretical issues
Material deprivation
Material deprivation
Lack of financial resources
Cultural deprivation
Cultural deprivation
Absence of middle-class cultural knowledge and values
Social capital
Social capital
Networks, relationships & cultural knowledge giving advantages
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Teacher expectations influencing student outcomes
Gendered subject choices
Gendered subject choices
Girls choose humanities, boys choose sciences
Institutional racism
Institutional racism
School policies systematically disadvantaging ethnic groups
Ethnocentric curriculum
Ethnocentric curriculum
Curriculum favouring white British culture & perspectives
Informed consent
Informed consent
Participants fully understand research purposes before agreeing
Anonymity
Anonymity
Protecting participant identities
Validity
Validity
Accurate measurements
Reliability
Reliability
Consistent results
Qualitative data
Qualitative data
Detailed, descriptive data
Quantitative data
Quantitative data
Numerical, statistical data
Positivist researchers
Positivist researchers
Favour scientific approaches & objective measurement