Researching with Children and Young People: Research Design, Methods and Analysis

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SAGE, Dec 18, 2008 - Education - 248 pages
′This text will be of great use to postgraduate researchers in education, social work and nursing, and any practitioner involved in carrying out research with children and young people′ - CPD Update

′[T]here is a sense of newness and innovation about the book, whereby the reader is treated to insight into the life and work of collaborators who wrote each case study....[T]he book is highly accessible for students at graduate and undergraduate level, for example BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies students′ - ESCalate

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 and writing up.

The book is divided into three sections, in which the authors cover:

- Introducing research and consultation with children and young people

- Collecting and analysing data

- Whole-project issues.

Each chapter includes activities, discussion questions, tips and extended case studies to help the reader to engage with the material and investigate the practical implications.

This text will be of great use to postgraduate researchers in education, social work and nursing, and any practitioner involved in carrying out research with children and young people.

 

Contents

1 INTRODUCTION
1
2 ETHICS
11
3 DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS
65
4 INVOLVING CHILDREN
154
5 DISSEMINATION OR ENGAGEMENT?
194
SOME REFLECTIONS FROM THE AUTHORS
221
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
223
INDEX
231
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