Applied To Education

Question 1

When working with young children, what issues might come about?

Answer 1

• Interviews: Children might not completely comprehend what’s being asked of them, particularly if it’s an abstract idea, reliant on early memories, or to do with the social/private lives of others, as children tend to think self centredly, their empathy and appreciation of subjective perspective is developing.
• Vulnerability: Because of the fragility of a child’s psychology and ability to understand, ethical issues arise when asking them to consent.
  Particularly informed consent.
• Guidelines: These are strict, there’s often gatekeepers.
  Researchers are required to disclose precisely and without withholding anything,
  This can lead to the Hawthorne effect. (However when working with young children, this is lessened)

Question 2

What is impression management?

Answer 2

A sort of social desirability bias. It refers to an attempt to control of the way people perceive you, preserve your image, status, respectability and or authority.
We are according to Goffman, ‘social actors’, our participation in rituals and research is an opportunity to reinforce to ourselves and others the concept of who we are.
In the case of teachers, they might act to maintain this more than children might.

Question 3

A classroom would be classed as what kind of environment?

Answer 3

A controlled one.

Question 4

What’s a ‘garekeeper’

Answer 4

Someone like a social service worker or member of a safeguarding team at a school. Someone with the authority to keep people who are vulnerable from participation in study.

Question 5

Vulnerable groups act of 200_ does what?

Answer 5

2006.

Puts in safeguarding for vulnerable groups when interacting with researchers.
Permissions have ‘red tape’ around them, researchers can be denied access.

Question 6

Vulnerable groups have people looking after them.
The correct term for these people is…

Answer 6

Gatekeepers.

Question 7

What’s impression management?

Answer 7

A social desirability bias.
Usually a teacher (when applied to education) with the understanding that their work and quality of, is scrutinised heavily and so they’re more likely to behave cautiously and or defensively.

Question 8

Goffman and the theory of …

Answer 8

Impression management.

Teachers have a ‘front stage’ and ‘backstage’ behaviour, an act they feel they must sustain when researched.

Question 9

Bell noted that a problem with being overt in any methodology involving a school is that children may view the researcher as a…

Answer 9

‘Teacher in disguise’