Abstract
To provide a clear picture of sociology as a way of seeing the world I must set out by explaining the reasons why I chose this research topic. Sociologists seem to claim that they became interested in topics because they read the work of other sociologists. It is true that other people’s work has an effect upon the way in which they choose a research problem; but the main set of reasons for choice is to be found in the biography of the researcher. Similarly, the way in which the research is tackled usually reflects the particular stance of the sociologist’s past. It is imperative, therefore, that I start this chapter with a brief run-down of some of the aspects of my background which led me to my research. Like everyone who carries out research on education, I went to school. Sociologists seem to find that experience of no significance in approaching education. In retrospect, after I had finished my research I could see a number of points where it greatly affected my approach.
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B. Robson, Urban Analysis: Sunderland (Cambridge University Press, 1969) p. 75.
Newsom Report, Half our Future (London: H. M. S. O., 1963).
D. Hargreaves, Social Relations in a Secondary Modern School (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967) p. ix.
Ibid., p. 201.
Mao Tse-tung, Oppose Book Worship (Peking: Foreign House Press, 1930) p. 2.
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Corrigan, P. (1979). Why bother to do research?. In: Schooling the Smash Street Kids. Crisis Points. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16107-2_2
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