1. Starter Name the two types of data One disadvantage of primary data
One advantage of quantitative data
What is qualitative data?
Disadvantage of secondary sources

2. MIC lesson 1 Researching Education
Objectives:
To explain some of the factors influencing the choice of research methods
To describe what is meant by practical, ethical and theoretical issues

3. Today’s lesson
Understand how the PERVERT wheel can be applied to all the research methods you have studied
Considering issues when researching education

4. What is Methods in context??
MIC is just combining what you know about education and research methods!
For instance, why might the use of questionnaires not be suitable to investigate bullying within schools
So really you are not learning anything new in this topic your just practicing new skills!

5. What kinds of questions could you be asked?

7. Complete page 3 in pairs/groups
Starter 5
Complete page 3 in pairs/groups 4 3 2 1

8. P.E.R.V.E.R.T
A checklist to help you consider the strengths and limitations of the method applied to the setting and topic, and the characteristics of the people being studied.

10. P.E.R.V.E.R.T What do the letters stand for on the PERVERT wheel?
P- practical issues
E- ethical issues
R- reliability
V- validity
E- evidence
R- representativeness
T- theoretical issues

11. Researching education
Research in education can involve the study of a variety of groups
Teachers
Pupils
Parents
And places..
Classroom
School
The specific group/context being studied raises particular issues

12. For instance…researching teachers…
Practical issue-teachers may feel they lack time to become involved in research
Ethical issue- confidentiality of staff must be maintained to protect staff with regards to comments made
theoretical issue- Hawthorne effect may occur when being observed

13. Task
Complete the worksheet by making notes on problems faced when ‘researching education’
‘researching students’
Use page 101 of the textbook to help

14. Researching Parents
We can study students, pupils, teachers and classrooms and schools…
Parents also play an important part in the educational process e.g.
How they bring up their children
Their involvement in school through parent-teacher contacts, parent governors, attendance at parents evenings and so on
Marketisation policies to encourage parents to see themselves as consumers, for example in choice of school
What are the problems with studying parents? pg. 105

15. Researching Teachers
Teachers often feel over-worked and may be less than fully cooperative, even when they want to be helpful
However, there are a few problems researching teachers – can you think of any?
Page 103

16. Researching schools/classrooms
What could be the problems with researching classrooms/schools?

17. Plenary
What are the problems with conducting research on students? What are the problems with conducting research on parents? What are the problems with conducting research on schools/classrooms?