How can we carry out research for an active citizenship project?
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can explain the difference between primary and secondary research and apply appropriate research methods to my active citizenship project.
Key learning points
- Research is an important part of the active citizenship project cycle as it enables well informed-decision making.
- Research can be divided into two types: primary (original data) or secondary (existing data).
- Key questions like 'what do we need to know?' and 'who to involve?' guide the choice of research methods.
- Pupils may need qualitative (descriptive) or quantitative (numerical) data for their active citizenship project.
Keywords
Primary research - original information or data, or the results of interviewing people; research that you go out and collect yourself
Secondary research - data that others have already collected: newspaper articles, internet stories, government statistics or radio or TV interviews
Research method - the way people collect and study information to learn about a topic or issue
Common misconception
Careful consideration, through answering the key questions, is not needed to decide which research methods to use: research methods can be chosen at random.
Pupils must consider and answer the key questions to ensure they choose appropriate and suitable research methods for their chosen active citizenship project. Failure to do so will jeopdise the project's success.
Teacher tip
Provide a list of resources available within school for pupils to consider.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which citizenship concept is this describing? Legal or moral entitlements.
Q2.The issue of 'the gender pay gap' links to which Citizenship concept?
Q3.At which stage is an investigation carried out in the active citizenship project cycle?
Q4.Match the word to its definition
abilities developed through practice/experience
to look into something carefully to learn more about it
a person who actively engages and works to improve their community.
Q5.Complete the sentence: An is a person or group who defend or maintain a cause or proposal.
Q6.Investigating whether the school council represents the different groups of pupils at school is an example of which level?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the primary research methods with their definition.
asking people simple questions
talking to people for information
small group discussions
watching and writing down what happens
finding a problem and trying to fix it
testing ideas in a controlled way
Q2.Which is not an advantage of carrying out primary research?
Q3.Match the secondary research methods with their definition.
published information
news reports and journals
official rules and guidance
official facts and figures
educational videos
numbers and data from research
Q4.Complete the sentence: There are different types of research methods, information can be , for example, numerical, or qualitative, for example, descriptive.
Q5.What order should the key questions be answered in when deciding which research methods to use?
Q6.What could jeopardise the success of an active citizenship project?
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