Research with Children - Perspectives and Practices (Hardcover)

Contents:
Introduction: Researching Children and Childhood: Cultures of Communication Pia Christensen and Allison James 1. Subjects, Objects or Participants? Dilemma of Psychological Researtch with Children Martin Woodhead and Dorothy Faulkner 2. The Child as Social Actor in Historical Sources: Problems of Identification and Interpretation Harry Hendrick 3. Zeitgeist Research on Childhood Chris Jenks 4. Microanalyis of Childhood Jens Qvortrup 5. Children as Respondents: The CHallenge of 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 Longitudinal Ethnography of Early Education in Italy William A. Corsaro and Luisa Molinari 10. Learning to Live the lIves of Disabled Children John David, 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 Notes on Contributors Index