The exploitation of young people in the UK
Millions of young people are exploited at work through unpaid trial shifts, lower minimum wages for example.
youth
research
Crime and Deviance
Teenage girls think there’s a lot of sexual harassment in schools, but is there?!?
A recent OFSTED report on sexual harassment in schools and colleges examined the extent of sexual harassment in schools, but
methods in context
Researching in Classrooms
The classic method for researching in classrooms is non-participant observation, the method used by OFSTED inspectors. However, there are other
research methods
The Global Drug Survey – a good example of invalid data due to bias?
86% of the global population have used drugs in the last year, and more people have used cannabis than tobacco.
education
Applying material from Item C and your knowledge of research methods, evaluate the strengths and limitations of using participant observation to investigate pupil exclusions
This 20 mark methods in context question came up in the 2018 A-level sociology 7192/1 paper, below is the full
research methods
Using interviews to research education
Interviews are one of the most commonly used qualitative research methods in the sociology of education. In this post I
education, Gender and education
Gender and Education: Good Resources
Useful links to quantitative and qualitative research studies, statistics, researchers, and news paper articles relevant to gender and education. These
Crime and Deviance
A-Level Sociology Crime and Deviance Research Project (2025)
This my very simply ‘research’ project task for summer timetable 2018. I’m experimenting with going back to a very open ended project!
research methods
Criticisms of Quantitative Research
Bryman (2016) identifies four criticisms of quantitative research: Quantitative researchers fail to distinguish people and social institutions from the world
research methods
The Four Main Concerns of Quantitative Research
Quantitative researchers generally have four main preoccupations: they want their research to be measurable, to focus on causation, to be