ISBN:
9781009285438
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (80 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Elements in Research Methods for Developmental Science Series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.2330721
Keywords:
Early childhood education
;
Qualitative research
Abstract:
This Element mentions the increased international legislation emphasising children's participation agenda and heightening the need for high-quality research in early childhood. This Element is based on values that young children have the right to be involved in research irrespective of culture and context.
Abstract:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Children's Voices and Agency: Ways of Listening in Early Childhood Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research -- Contents -- 1 Introduction and Overview -- 1.1 Overview of Subsequent Sections -- 2 Early Childhood, Education, and Research -- 2.1 What Is Early Childhood Education? -- 2.2 The Child, Children, and Childhood -- 2.3 Concluding Comments -- 3 Theoretical Perspectives -- 3.1 The UNCRC and the New Sociology of Childhood -- 3.2 Voice -- 3.3 Capacity -- 3.4 Participation -- 3.5 Ethics -- 3.6 Relationships -- 3.7 Consent and Assent -- 3.8 Anonymity and Confidentiality -- 3.9 Concluding Comments -- 4 Quantitative Research in Early Childhood -- 4.1 Quantitative Research with Young Children -- 4.2 Experimental Research -- 4.3 Variable-Oriented and Person-Oriented Approaches -- 4.4 Randomised Control Trials -- 4.5 Identification and Enrolment of Participants -- 4.6 Ways of Listening to Young Children's Voices in Experimental Research -- 4.7 Critiques of Experimental Research -- 4.8 Concluding Comments -- 5 Qualitative Research in Early Childhood -- 5.1 Qualitative Research with Young Children -- 5.2 Participatory Research -- 5.3 Participatory Approaches to Listening to Children's Voices -- 5.4 Ways of Listening to Young Children's Voices in Qualitative Research -- 5.5 Visual and Arts-based Techniques -- 5.6 The Challenges of Research Participation by Young Children -- 5.7 Critiques of Qualitative Research -- 5.8 Concluding Comments -- 6 Mixed Methods Research in Early Childhood -- 6.1 The Qualitative and Quantitative Divide -- 6.2 Mixed Methods in Early Childhood Research -- 6.3 Mixed Methods Research as a Way of Listening to Young Children's Voices -- 6.4 Designing Mixed Methods Research -- 6.5 Triangulation, Reliability, and Validity -- 6.6 Critiques of Mixed Methods -- 6.7 Concluding Comments.
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