SCLY2: EDUCATION WITH RESEARCH METHODS

TOPICS: RESEARCH METHODS

1

Key concepts &

choice of
method

a) Key Concepts

Experiments

a) Advantages of Laboratory Experiments

b) Methodological Preference

b) Disadvantages of Laboratory Experiments

c) Advantages of Field Experiments & The Comparative Method
d) Disadvantages of Field Experiments & The Comparative
Method
3

Surveys &
Sampling

a) Conducting a survey

Questionnaires

a) Advantages of Questionnaires

b) Sampling

b) Disadvantages of Questionnaires
5

Interviews

a) Advantages of Structured Interviews

b) Disadvantages of Structured Interviews
c) Advantages of Unstructured Interviews
d) Disadvantages of Unstructured Interviews

Observation

a) Advantages of Observations
b) Disadvantages of Observations

Official
Statistics

a) Advantages of Official Statistics

Documents

a) Advantages of Personal Documents

b) Disadvantages of Official Statistics

b) Disadvantages of Personal Documents

c) Advantages of Public Documents
d) Disadvantages of Public Documents
TOPICS: EDUCATION
1

Class &
Achievemen

a) Patterns & Trends

b) External Factors: Cultural Deprivation

c) External Factors: Material Deprivation
d) External Factors: Cultural Capital
e) Internal Factors: Labelling
f) Internal Factors: The Self-fulfilling Prophecy
g) Internal Factors: Streaming
h) Internal Factors: Pupil Subcultures

Ethnicity &
Achievemen
t

a) Patterns & Trends

b) External Factors: Cultural Deprivation
c) External Factors: Material Deprivation
d) External Factors: Racism in wider society
e) Internal Factors: Labelling
f) Internal Factors: Pupil Subcultures
g) Internal Factors: Ethnocentricity & Institutional Racism

Gender &
Achievemen
t

a) Patterns & Trends

b) External Factors: Influence of Feminism
c) External Factors: Changing Ambitions & Family
d) External Factors: Changes in womens employment
e) Internal Factors: Equal Opportunity Policies & Role Models
f) Internal Factors: Stereotypes, Teacher Attention & League
Tables
g) Boys under-achievement
h) Gender & Subject choice
i) Gender identity & schooling

Theories &
Education

a) Functionalism
b) The New Right
c) Marxism

Educational
Policy

a) Marketisation
b) New Labour Policies
2

TOPICS: EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF RESEARCH METHODS

1

Education in the
context of methods

a)

Researching Education

Experiments in the
context of education

a)

Advantages/Disadvantages of Experiments

b)

Laboratory Experiments & Teacher Expectations

c)

Field Experiments & Teacher Expectations

a)

Advantages/Disadvantages of Questionnaires

b)

Questionnaires in the context of education

a)

Advantages/Disadvantages of Interviews

b)

Interviews in the context of education

a)

Advantages/Disadvantages of Observation

b)

Observation in the context of education

Official Statistics in
the context of
education

a)

Advantages/Disadvantages of Official Statistics

b)

Official Statistics in the context of education

Documents in the
context of education

a)

Advantages/Disadvantages of Official Statistics

b)

Documents in the context of education

Questionnaires in the
context of education

Interviews in the
context of education

Observation in the
context of education