Studying children
Subtitle: a cultural-historical approach
By: Mariane Hedegaard ... [et al.].
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Maidenhead, England; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780335237586; 9780335234783; 9781281964656
Subjects: Child development; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS; Early childhood education; Child Development; Research
Description: Studying Children is the first book of its kind to offer a theoretical and practical discussion of how to undertake research using cultural-historical theory when researching the everyday lives of children. The authors discuss the complexities of child development, providing a critique of alternative perspectives of research and notions of development. They provide a number of case studies following researchers in early childhood as they move from a developmental approach to a cultural-historical framework for observing and planning for young children. The chapters provide a solid framework for understanding the foundations of this approach; Address the importance of viewing research as an interactive technique; Offer guidance on how to collect and interpret material; Show how to make observations of and interviews with children, within a dialectical research approach; Present examples of how to write and present findings using this technique. The book is rich with examples of how to undertake specific methods, such as surveys, experiments, case studies, digital video observations, interviews, and children as researchers. "Studying Children" is a valuable resource for academics, researchers and students working in the field of Early and Middle Childhood at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-216) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Researching child development : an introduction / Mariane Hedegaard ... [et al.]; title: A cultural-historical theory of children's development / Mariane Hedegaard; title: Developing a dialectic approach to researching children's development / Mariane Hedegaard; title: principles for interpreting research protocols / Mariane Hedegaard; title: Interpreting research protocols; title: the institutional perspective / Marilyn Fleer; title: Interpreting research protocols; title: the child's perspective / Marilyn Fleer; title: Using digital video observations and computer technologies in a cultural-historical approach / Marilyn Fleer; title: Conceptualising the environment of the child in a cultural-historical approach / Jytte Bang; title: Interviewing using a cultural-historical approach / Pernille Hviid; title: Framing a questionnaire using a cultural-historical approach / Jytte Band and Mariane Hedegaard; title: The educational experiment / Mariane Hedegaard; title: The role f the researcher / Mariane Hedegaard.