Researching Education

• Researching Education

  UNICEF

  developed a special code of practice for researching young people - these take BSA's research guidelines even further when considering the protection of children
• Researching Education practical issues

  UNICEF

  • children need more time than adults to understand questions
  • important to establish rapport to gain trust
  • may also be necessary to match the gender and ethnicity to help gain trust
• Researching Education

  Meighan

  found that heads sometimes view researcher's negatively - their reactions to his research was ' it is dangerous to include pupils commenting on their teachers', 'children are not competent to judge classroom teachers'
• Researching Education

  Benyon and Atkinson

  noted gatekeepers such as heads often steer the researcher away from sensitive situations, such as classes and where a teacher has poor classroom control
• Researching Education Quantitative and Qualitative

  Derran

  sees triangulation as a way of assessing the validity and reliability of research and the data and information that it highlights
• Researching Education Making of a Moonie - Quantitative and Qualitative

  Barker

  examine the truth behind whether people chose to become Moonies or are they brainwashed

  examined the Unification Church by using a selection of methods such as participant observation, questionnaires and interviews