general.

• practical issues- TRAM

  • time
  • researcher’s characteristics
  • access
  • money
• ethical issues- DRIPS

  • deception
  • right to withdraw
  • informed consent
  • protection from harm
  • safety
• since most research criticises schools and teachers, some teachers may gate-keep data for the sake of reputation
• parents are not a homogenous group of people, and so difficulty in contact along with a willingness to participate will vary from parent to parent
• w/c and m/c parents have different attitudes to education, it is assumed that w/c are less likely to have an involvement in their child's education
• Willis, a participant observer, was once accused of going native as it was said that he became overly sympathetic with the respondents
• in order to gain funding, research must meet the the guidelines of the British Sociology Association (BSA)
• Becker argues that we have a moral duty to conduct qualitative research, as it gives a voice to those who are often marginalised in society
• quantitative can be extremely useful, as you can derive cause and effect relationships, and data collected can be used over time to look at social changes or whether a government policy has been successful
• social class and ethnicity must be considered when researching pupils, some research methods may require the use of the elaborated code, like in written questionnaires

  • Bernstein- w/c speak in the restricted code
  • Bereiter & Englemann- poorer black families speak in disjointed & ungrammatical english