Title: Research with children : perspectives and practices /
Authors: Christensen, Pia Monrad.; James, Allison.
Publisher: Falmer Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Children Research Methodology.; Child development Research; Adolescent psychology Research; Child Development; Research Design; Psychology, Adolescent
Abstract: Sociologists can choose from an increasingly diverse range of methods in their research with children. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the methodological innovations and developments in the field, both qualitative and quantitative.
Contents: Introduction: researching children and childhood: cultures of communication / Pia Christensen and Allison James -- 1. Subjects, objects or participants? Dilemmas of psychological research with children / Martin Woodhead and Dorothy Faulkner -- 2. The child as a social actor in historical sources: problems of identification and interpretation / Harry Hendrick -- 3. Zeitgeist research on childhood / Chris Jenks -- 4. Macroanalysis of childhood / Jens Qvortrup -- 5. Children as respondents: the challenge for quantitative methods / Jacqueline Scott -- 6. Conversations with children: working with generational issues / Berry Mayall -- 7. The development of participatory techniques: facilitating children's views about decisions which affect them / Claire O'Kane -- 8. Childhood diversity and commonality: some methodological insights / Pia Christensen and Allison James -- 9. Entering and observing in children's worlds: a reflection on a longitudinal ethnography of early education in Italy / William A. Corsaro and Luisa Molinari -- 10. Learning the lives of disabled children: developing a reflexive approach / John Davis, Nick Watson and Sarah Cunningham-Burley -- 11. Listening to children: and hearing them / Helen Roberts -- 12. Children as researchers: the effects of participation rights on research methodology / Priscilla Alderson.