Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that help students understand what are the strengths and weaknesses of using observations to investigate sociological issues (e.g. identifying the different types of observations and their main features, explain the strengths and weaknesses of using the different types of observations to investigate sociological issues and to apply our knowledge of strengths and weaknesses of one or ore observations to an exam question.
Covers the following key terms:
Observation
Participant observation
Non-participant observation
Covert observation
Overt research
Hawthorne / Observer effect
Observation schedule
Overt research (extension)
Covert research (extension)
Makes reference to the following key terms students may know that link:
Pre-determined - Closed questions - Open questions - Quantitative data vs
Qualitative data - Reliable vs Valid - Practical issues - Ethical issues - Theoretical issues - Positivism vs Interpretivist - Sample size - Representative sample - Generalise findings - Respondent - Standardised
ANSWERS TO ALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED
Includes an exam style 4 marker with scaffolding and a detailed student friendly mark-scheme
Does NOT cover structured and unstructured observations as it is not in the specification and its quite complex.
Includes a key term sheet and definitions
Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that help students understand what are the strengths and weaknesses of using observations to investigate sociological issues (e.g. identifying the different types of observations and their main features, explain the strengths and weaknesses of using the different types of observations to investigate sociological issues and to apply our knowledge of strengths and weaknesses of one or ore observations to an exam question.
Covers the following key terms:
Observation
Participant observation
Non-participant observation
Covert observation
Overt research
Hawthorne / Observer effect
Observation schedule
Overt research (extension)
Covert research (extension)
Makes reference to the following key terms students may know that link:
Pre-determined - Closed questions - Open questions - Quantitative data vs
Qualitative data - Reliable vs Valid - Practical issues - Ethical issues - Theoretical issues - Positivism vs Interpretivist - Sample size - Representative sample - Generalise findings - Respondent - Standardised
ANSWERS TO ALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED
Includes an exam style 4 marker with scaffolding and a detailed student friendly mark-scheme
Does NOT cover structured and unstructured observations as it is not in the specification and its quite complex.
Includes a key term sheet and definitions
