Documents

Evaluation

Schools information is usually public so easy to access, they pose few ethical issues as they have been placed in the public domain. Personal documents may pose more ethical issues - teachers books, pupils books, school reports. Documents can be valid as they provide insight into meanings held by teachers and pupils. However age difference between researcher and pupil may cause a problem - researcher might interpret what pupil says differently. Legal documents school produces are likely to be representative. Can usually be easily repeated too.