Assess the Strengths and Weaknesses of One of the Following Methods for Investigating the Role of Parents in Pupils Achievement

283 Words2 Pages
Sociology Assess the strengths and weaknesses of one of the following methods for investigating the role of parents in pupils achievement: Unstructured Interviews Parents have large involvement in the academic development of their children, for during the first few years, children look up to their parents for guidance and support. However this is not always the case for some families. In this essay I’m going to assess the weaknesses and strengths of unstructured interviews for investigating the role of parents in pupil’s achievement. First of all the strengths of unstructured interviews are; they are easy to operationalise simply because the interview is like a conversation with no real structure this helps the parents feel more at ease and less like they’re being interrogated, this helps give a more reliable answer which helps improve validity. Unstructured interviews give the parents more time and opportunities to develop their answer this can make the answers have more clarity and easier to summarise. With unstructured interviews it means that there is a higher chance of rapport building and thus creating a connection. Unstructured interviews are more in favour to interpretivists, as they prefer more open and detailed research, which can be elaborated. Despite this, there are weaknesses, because parents know the researcher is present their answers may not be valid as they will try and change their responses to more fitting response. Because there is no fixed schedule the interview could last for hours making it extremely difficult to summarise and shorten to make it fully comprehendible. In conclusion there are many strengths and weaknesses of unstructured interviews researching the role of parents in pupils’ achievement, however it’s mainly the strengths that have the wider

More about Assess the Strengths and Weaknesses of One of the Following Methods for Investigating the Role of Parents in Pupils Achievement

Open Document