Research about children’s lives should always include the child’s own voice. This book encourages students to think about what they can do to ensure a child is enabled to tell their story and how they view the world, offering valuable insights into what it means to be that child.
- Dr Caroline Leeson,
Doing research with young children can be challenging for many reasons, but this book provides clear guidance on how to engage in appropriate methods. Focusing on researching through play, careful consideration is given to: · the founding principles of playful research · understanding young children’s perspectives · prioritising the rights of the child and the voice of the child · examples of innovative research methods Real life examples and research projects are presented, to enable common challenges to be anticipated and to showcase successful creative approaches, and to inspire new paths in research.
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This book focussed on doing research with young children through play, with clear guidance on how to engage in appropriate methods.
Part I: Founding Principles to Playful Research Approaches
Chapter 1: Framing and Defining Play in Early Childhood - Elizabeth Wood & Liz Chesworth
Chapter 2: Young Children’s Play, Voices and Rights in Research - Jane Murray
Chapter 3: Ethical considerations: Play for fun and play for data collection - Sue Dockett
Part II: Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks for Playful Research
Chapter 4: Practitioner-enquiry: A Reflexive Method for Playful Pedagogy - Kate Wall, Lorna Arnott & Elaine Hall
Chapter 5: Pedagogical Documentation as a Thinking Companion - Alma Fleet & Jane Merewether
Chapter 6: Analysing and Interpreting Data from Research with Young Children: Faithfulness, Integrity and Trustworthiness in Eliciting Meaning - Cathy Nutbrown
Part III: Adapting Play-based Pedagogies as a Research Method
Chapter 7: Approaches to informed consent with young children - Lorna Arnott, Kate Wall, Loreain Martinez, Caralyn Blaisdell & Shannon Ludgate
Chapter 8: Using drawing as a playful research encounter with young children - Pauline Duncan
Chapter 9: Observing and interpreting embodied interactions: Interpreting Voice from Birth to 3 years - Lorna Arnott, Jonathan Delafield-Butt & Timothy J McGowen
Chapter 10: The use of pedagogical documentation and artistic languages in research with young children - Ioanna Palaiologou, Elisabetta Biffi & Franca Zuccoli
Chapter 11: Frame, explain and theorise: Using an App as a tool to interpret imaginary play with children and teachers - Marilyn Fleer
Chapter 12: Using playful methods to understand children’s digital literacies - Pekka Mertala
Part IV: Research Resources from Early Childhood Education
Introduction to Part IV - Kate Wall & Lorna Arnott
Project 1 : Facilitating voice with our youngest children - Rhona Matheson, Starcatchers
Project 2: Being an Investigator in Our Learning Environment - Heidi Sairanen
Research Proposal 1: Investigating the perceptions of young children in school-based pretend play - Triona Stokes
Research Proposal 2: Playing and Being, Here and Now: adults using improvisation to join children aged 0 – 5 in free-play - Maddie Broad
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Research about children’s lives should always include the child’s own voice. This book encourages students to think about what they can do to ensure a child is enabled to tell their story and how they view the world, offering valuable insights into what it means to be that child.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781526493545
Publisert
2021-05-25
Utgiver
Vendor
SAGE Publications Ltd
Vekt
440 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
170 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256