Researching Children's Perspectives
Contributors: Ann Lewis (Editor); Geoff Lindsay (Editor)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group; Open University Press
Published: January 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780335202805
Subjects: Adolescents; Child & developmental psychology; Children; Social research & statistics; Social Sciences Research; Sociology Of Children; Social Science; Psychology; Sociology; General; Psychology & Psychiatry Profession - Ethics; Research & Methodology; Sociology - General; Attitudes; Methodology; Research
First sentence: The status of the child will vary with respect to age, general cognitive ability, emotional status and specific knowledge at the time of the research.
Description: "Recent years have been marked by a growing emphasis, in various professional contexts, on obtaining the views of clients, including children. This position is an international one, shared across the developed world, and encapsulated in the UN Convention on the rights of the child. This book addresses the issues and practicalities surrounding the obtaining of children's views, particularly in the research context. The book takes a deliberately and explicitly pluralist stance. Its distinctiveness rests on the scrutiny of methodological issues pertaining to the collection of children's views and practical applications." "The book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in psychology, social sciences, education, health and law. It will also be of value to a range of professionals involved in eliciting children's views (e.g. psychologists, teachers, social workers, medical workers and the police)."--Jacket.