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Doing Research with Children and Young People introduces researchers to the key considerations involved in working with children and young people.

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'The author gives an excellent overview and explores how children have been seen as objects and subjects in research as well as increasingly as participants and more recently still as researchers.'- International Journal of Research and Method in Education'This book is especially beneficial in terms of its breadth of discussion on the legal, ethical and moral issues of conducting research with children and young people alongside the key methodological challenges that students and practitioners are faced when conducting this type of research' - Research Policy and PlanningDoing Research with Children and Young People introduces researchers to the key considerations involved in working with children and young people. The book highlights issues which arise at different stages in the process and which all researchers need to take account of as they plan and carry out a study. These include: * ethical and legal issues * philosophical underpinnings of research * age and diversity of the children involved* evaluation and dissemination of findings. Doing Research with Children and Young People has been developed to accompany The Open University course Research with Children and Young People (EK310). It is an ideal introduction for all students and practitioners preparing to research in fields such as education, health, welfare, childhood and youth studies, psychology and sociology.

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Introduces researchers to key considerations involved in working with children and young people.

Author Biography

Mary Kellett is the Founding Director of the Children′s Research Centre at the Open University where she also lectures in Education. She chairs the third year undergraduate course ′Research with Children and Young People′ and is co-editor of the widely-adopted readers ′The Reality of Research with Children and Young People′ and ′ Doing Research with Children and Young People′ (SAGE in association with OUP). A former teacher, she has a life-long interest in developing children′s learning and in promoting children′s rights and increased participation.

Table of Contents

Doing Research with Children and Young People - Vicky LewisAn IntroductionPART ONE: SETTING THE CONTEXTSituating Empirical Research - Sandy FraserImages of Childhood - Mary Kellett, Chris Robinson and Rachel BurrThe Legal Context - Judith MassonParadigms and Philosophy - Sandy Fraser and Chris RobinsonPART TWO: RESEARCH RELATIONSPower - Chris Robinson and Mary KellettEthics - Priscilla AldersonInvolving Children and Young People as Researchers - Adele JonesGender - Rob Pattman and Mary Jane KehilyPART THREE: DIVERSITYEarly Childhood - Ann Langston et alMiddle Childhood - Mary Kellett and Sharon DingYoung People - Alan FranceDisability - Vicky Lewis and Mary KellettParticipatory Action Research in the Majority World - Olga NieuwenhuysRace and Ethnicity - Mani Maniam et alPART FOUR: RELEVANCE, EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATIONHealth and Social Care - Helen RobertsEducation - Ann EdwardsChildhood Studies - Jim McKechnie and Sandy Hobbs

Details ISBN0761943811 Short Title DOING RESEARCH W/CHILDREN & YO Language English ISBN-10 0761943811 ISBN-13 9780761943815 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2003 Edited by Mary Kellett DEWEY 305.23072 Birth 1948 Author Chris Robinson Pages 294 Illustrations black & white illustrations Imprint SAGE Publications Inc Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Country of Publication United States Series Published in Association with The Open University DOI 10.1604/9780761943815 NZ Release Date 2003-11-12 US Release Date 2003-11-12 UK Release Date 2003-11-12 Publisher SAGE Publications Inc Publication Date 2003-11-12 Alternative 9780761943808 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2003-11-11 We've got this

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