Teachers

Question 1

Power and status?

Answer 1

• Have more power + responsibility because of age, experience and status
• Nature of the classroom reinforces power, teacher sees it as their classroom, sociologist is seen as a trespasser

Question 2

Impression management

Answer 2

• Teachers are used to being observed e.g ofsted
• They can put on an act
• highly skilled at impression management as this is part of their job
• getting backstage isn’t easy, not even a staffroom is fully backstage

Question 3

Time?

Answer 3

• Access isn’t a problem in terms of finding teachers, but they are busy people so will be less prepared for lengthy studies
• Teachers day is determined by a timetable, timescale issues