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Research in Semester Two

Educational research refers to using a variety of methods, to gain a higher understanding of the education system. Research involves looking at one aspect of education, and expanding your knowledge in that area, however, (Sharp, 2009, p.1) ‘Educational research has now become so diverse and complex that beyond even the most basic of definitions it no longer has any single identity’.

There are a range of different methods which can be used to collect data. The first method is quantitative and qualitative research, which are both data collection methods. Quantitative data mainly uses numbers and statistical evidence, which can be collected by using questionnaires and surveys. Whereas qualitative data, consists of opinions and different perspectives, which can be collected by interviews, observations and questionnaires. The other two differences with these methods are (Lambert, 2012, p.102) ‘quantitative data are usually associated with a positive paradigm; qualitative data with an interprevist paradigm’. A positive paradigm is distinct aims and show clear results, whereas interprevist paradigm is where researchers do not believe there is a different reality waiting to be discovered.

Another method is triangulation, which improves confidence in a project by showing you have a variety of different perspectives. This could be done by using a questionnaire, interviewing different people, and then observing. An advantage of triangulation is that one weakness of one method may compensate another which would make it more reliable; however, you would need to make sure it was fair for each method.

The next method is piloting, which means trying and testing out your equipment in advance, in order to make your result...

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...ut with the same answers. The long term negatives were anger, frustration, depression and anxiety which may lead to something worse such as self-harm and suicide.

This one looks at the teacher perceptions of bullying and how the teacher themselves are casual effects of bullying on the child, but also the bully may affect the teacher, and may limit how far they are willing to step in, in order to help the victim. It also looks at teachers views of bully’s and how they are seen to be weaker in terms of academic performance, which may be the reason why they bully, because they feel in a vulnerable position in school, however they also viewed bullied children to have worse moods and worse social competencies.

As you can see, both these literature reviews look at different aspects of bullying within primary school, and both give a range of different ideas and results.