Understanding Research with Children and Young People
- Alison Clark - The Open University
- Rosie Flewitt - Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
- Martyn Hammersley - The Open University, UK
- Martin Robb - The Open University
How do views about children shape research concerned with their lives? What different forms can research with children take? What ethical issues does it involve? How does it impact on policy and practice, and on the lives of children themselves?
This book helps you to understand how research is designed and carried out to explore questions about the lives of children and young people. It tackles the methodological, practical and ethical challenges involved, and features examples of actual research that illustrate:
- Different strategies for carrying out research
- Common challenges that arise in the research process
- Varying modes of engagement that researchers can adopt with participants and audiences; and
- The impact that research can have on future studies, policy and practice.
An excellent text that provides a wide range of useful examples that clearly reflect the editor’s wealth of experience and background in research with children and young people. The book provides a thoughtful approach covering critical issues which students need to be aware of and engage with when thinking about research in the early years of childhood. The text is a useful resource in practice as it deals with the practicalities and realities of doing research with children and young people.
An excellent textbook full of useful insights into the many variables of childhood research. This is a must publication for those starting out with their research involving this population group.
This is a useful and comprehensive resource for students carrying out primary research involving children and young people needing sound reference and guidance. Makes very good use of examples, discussing the practicalities and realities of doing research together with the issues of navigating the ethical challenges that emerge.
A really exciting look into research in the sector, key reading for students of early years, childhood and early education who are both undertaking and/or interpreting research in the field.
The strength of this book is that it is more than just another 'how to' methods text. With contributions from leading authors in the field, this book covers a wide range of issues and challenges of researching children and young people. It is essential reading for dissertation students.
This book has been highly recommended for use by any colleagues working with children and young people is a variety of settings. Great guidance on how to approach practical research and the ethical and other considerations of such research.
This book was a good text to recommend to any students studying towards qualifications where children are considered. Public health nurses will benefit from having an overview of this book and I would certainly recommend this text be added to lists for courses.
This text makes interesting reading; presenting, and questioning various viewpoints. This gives the reader an insight to various perspectives of education, while also, putting these theories into context. The notes and recommendations for reading at the end of each chapter are very useful.
This will be a very useful book for many of our students who will be carrying out primary research involving children and young people. The editors and contributors have a helpful and thoughtful approach with a wealth of experience and background in research and more particularly research with children and young people.
The book covers critical issues which students need to be aware of and engage with when thinking about research and especially if carrying out research with children and young people. This will be a useful resource in practice since it also deals with the practicalties and realities of doing research with children and young people.
This book will clearly help the learners with their research project and I will be recommending for our Learning Centre
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