Researching Children's Experience
Approaches and Methods
- Sheila Greene - University of Dublin Trinity College, Ireland
- Diane Hogan - University of Dublin Trinity College, Ireland
How should the researcher approach the sensitive subject of the child? What are the ethical issues involved in researching children's experiences? In essays written by a collection of key, international authors, Researching Children's Experience addresses these questions, and examines up-to-date methodological and conceptual approaches to researching children. This book is a practical, comprehensive and interdisciplinary guide for advanced students and researchers, exploring a range of studies, and the theoretical and ethical motivations behind them.
The book is divided into three coherent sections:
- Conceptual, methodological and ethical issues in researching children's experiences.
- Methods for conducting research with children.
- The generation and analysis of text.
Researching Children's Experience provides examples of how researchers from a variety of social science perspectives have set about carrying out research into children's experience. Useful to students embarking on a research project, and to experienced researchers wishing to explore new methods, Greene and Hogan's book is an essential addition to anyone doing research on children. It will be especially useful to those in developmental psychology, education, nursing and other disciplines interested in studying children's experience.
A well written book that works at a more advanced level than many introductory texts. It is particularly useful for building understanding once research concepts have been initially understood. Its focus on textual gathering and analysis is especially strong.
This is a good text that explores issues involved with researching children's perspectives, a topical exploration. It is written at a level that is appropriate for BA or MA students in Early Childhood Studies. It is not essential reading as not all students will focus on research with children for their projects.
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There are some really good sections in this book. I particularly liked the chapter by Greene and Hill which will be very useful for postgraduate students beginning research with young children.
The book is a great way to help students consider working with the views, and within the worlds, of children - it's only on the Supplemental list as other students might choose to work in other education sectors.
