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Researching with Children and Young People covers every stage of the process of doing a research project, from research design and data collection, through to analysis, dissemination, and feedback. Providing an advanced discussion of current debates and methods in childhood research, the book is essential reading for anyone undertaking consultation, research, and evaluation activities with children and young people.
The book is structured around five core areas covering:
Introduction to research with children and young people; Ethics; Data collection and analysis; Involving children and young people; Dissemination and engagement
These chapters are interspersed with case studies describing the methods used in eleven different research projects involving children and young people. Written by both academics and practitioners, the case studies cover a wide variety of methods, settings, and approaches.
Packed with activities, discussion questions, top tips, research tools, useful suggestions, and practical advice, this text will appeal to practitioners, graduate students, and researchers in education, sociology, human geography, social policy, social work, and nursing.
Involving Children
Involving Children
The chapter considers different literature on children as researchers and connects with wider discussions concerning children's ‘participation’. It begins by examining why different authors consider it important to ‘involve children’. It then looks at the range of ways that children can and have been involved in research. It draws from a range of writing in childhood and disability studies to discuss the benefits of participatory research and the need to develop a range of approaches to working with children in research projects. The chapter asks readers to consider the nature of their own enquiry and question the way that they might plan their own research project. It concludes that there is a range of ways in which children can be involved ...
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