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.
Introduction
SECTION 1: CRITICAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Images of Childhood and their Influence on Research - Mary Kellett
What is Research with Children and Young People? - Sandy Fraser, Rosie Flewitt and Martyn Hammersley
Designing Research for Different Purposes - Victoria Cooper
Doing Qualitative Research with Children and Young People - Sue Bucknall
Ethics - Priscilla Alderson
SECTION 2: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO RESEARCH WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Introduction
Research Design - Martyn Hammersley
Participant Observation - Heather Montgomery
Interviews - Rosie Flewitt
Working with Texts, Images and Artefacts - Helen Hearn and Pat Thomson
Methodological Ideas - Martyn Hammersley
SECTION 3: THE REALITY OF RESEARCH WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Introduction
Perspectives on Parental Involvement: a Discussion of Practitioner Research - Nicola Smith
Developing and Adapting the Mosaic Approach - Alison Clark
Inventing Adulthoods: a Qualitative Longitudinal Study of Growing Up - Sheila Henderson and Rachel Thomson
Young Lives: Reflections on Qualitative Research in Education within a Longitudinal International Study - Caine Rolleston
SECTION 4: ENGAGING AUDIENCES AND DISSEMINATING FINDINGS: THE IMPACT OF RESEARCH
Introduction
Disseminating Research: Shaping the Conversation - Martin Robb
Achieving Policy Impact: Researching Children's Issues at EU level - Sandy Ruxton
Transformative Dialogues: the Impact of Participatory Research on Practice - Chris Pascal and Tony Bertram
Engaging Children and Young People in Research - Alex Mann, Joseph Liley and Mary Kellett
