CONTEXT OF PRACTICE 2 - BRIEF 1 - RESEARCH

Once I had defined my essay question and written a rough plan I progressed with the project by collecting the research needed to successfully create an informed response. Using the subject areas listed on the rough essay plan allowed me to define source material relevant to the focus of the essay.


BOOKS

Below is a list of the books I borrowed from the college library and their relevance to my essay. 



THE MEANING OF MARXISM - PAUL D'MANTO

RELEVANCE;

• Discusses in detail the capitalist system - relevant to essay focus
• Presents Marx's view of said system.
• Useful for quotes supporting points made about capitalism and consumerism. 

CONSUMER SOCIETY - BARRY SMART

RELEVANCE;

• Discusses consumerism in detail - relevant to essay focus
• Presents information about child consumers - directly relevant to essay focus.  
• Discusses contemporary capitalism. 

CONSUMING CHILDREN - JANE KENWAY & ELIZABETH BULLEN

RELEVANCE;

• Provides information on child consumers - directly relevant to the focus of the essay. 
• Discusses in detail corporate influence in education - relevant to the essays focus on educational institutions. 

CONSUMER KIDS - ED MAYO & AGNES NAIRN

RELEVANCE;

• Discusses in detail the various manipulative methods used to influence children - directly relevant to the focus of the essay.
• Provides data surrounding the child based target market - directly relevant to the focus of the essay.
• Very useful book, most of its contents will be relevant to the points made in the essay.

CONSUMERISM AND ETHICS - LISA FIRTH 

RELEVANCE;

• Provides facts and statistics about capitalism - relevant to the focus of the essay.
• Provides facts and statistics about child based consumers - directly relevant to the focus of the essay.

INTERNET BASED RESEARCH 

Additionally, I also collected some internet based research in the form of a digital article written for 'The Atlantic' by a man called Andrew Simmons. 

The article bares relevance to my essay as it covers points made about education. Written by a experienced teacher the interesting article discusses how class influences your educational ambitions. To briefly summarise, students from low income families attending high school are often motivated to attend a university with the idea that they can alleviate some financial strains. Contrasting this, children from affluent families are motivated with the ideas that they can do something productive with a skill they love.

In my essay I want to cover points relating capitalism, class and education, therefore the article is very useful as it supports points I potentially want to make.  

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