documents

Question 1

example study of documents

Answer 1

hey- girls and friendship in education
-investigated girls friendship networks in secondary skls using the notes girls passed to each other in classrooms
-allowed access to subjective views of girls

Question 2

what are the 3 types of documents

Answer 2

-public
-private
-historical

Question 3

strengths of public documents

Answer 3

+validity, ofsted reports (3rd party)are unbiased as there’s no ties to skl
+practical, can be easy to access- all skls will have a website also easy to compare

Question 4

limitations of public documents

Answer 4

-validity, more likely to have bias on skl website or prospectus
-ofsted is only a snapshot, not. v representative- impression management on day

Question 5

private documents strengths
for this study

Answer 5

+validity, intended audience is the author to reader, would not be meant for anyone else/ no Hawthorne or social desirability

Question 6

private documents weakness

Answer 6

-practical, hard to gain access
-personal, ethical issues may gain guilty knowledge of a vulnerable group, student may feel privacy violation
-representative, not large no. of children

Question 7

historical documents strengths

Answer 7

+can compare over time (skl policy/ behaiviour)

Question 8

historical document weakness

Answer 8

• websites dont date back that far- time limit - practical
  -ofsted created in 1992- not always existed - practical
• validity, may be damaged