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Useful strategies and guidance for anyone needing to explore the practical and ethical issues around researching with children and young people.
List of contents
Introduction
SECTION 1: CRITICAL ISSUES IN RESEARCH WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Images of Childhood and their Influence on Research - Mary Kellett
What is Research with Children and Young People? - Sandy Fraser, Rosie Flewitt and Martyn Hammersley
Designing Research for Different Purposes - Victoria Cooper
Doing Qualitative Research with Children and Young People - Sue Bucknall
Ethics - Priscilla Alderson
SECTION 2: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO RESEARCH WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Introduction
Research Design - Martyn Hammersley
Participant Observation - Heather Montgomery
Interviews - Rosie Flewitt
Working with Texts, Images and Artefacts - Helen Hearn and Pat Thomson
Methodological Ideas - Martyn Hammersley
SECTION 3: THE REALITY OF RESEARCH WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Introduction
Perspectives on Parental Involvement: a Discussion of Practitioner Research - Nicola Smith
Developing and Adapting the Mosaic Approach - Alison Clark
Inventing Adulthoods: a Qualitative Longitudinal Study of Growing Up - Sheila Henderson and Rachel Thomson
Young Lives: Reflections on Qualitative Research in Education within a Longitudinal International Study - Caine Rolleston
SECTION 4: ENGAGING AUDIENCES AND DISSEMINATING FINDINGS: THE IMPACT OF RESEARCH
Introduction
Disseminating Research: Shaping the Conversation - Martin Robb
Achieving Policy Impact: Researching Children¿s Issues at EU level - Sandy Ruxton
Transformative Dialogues: the Impact of Participatory Research on Practice - Chris Pascal and Tony Bertram
Engaging Children and Young People in Research - Alex Mann, Joseph Liley and Mary Kellett
About the author
Martyn Hammersley is an emeritus professor of educational and social research at The Open University, UK. He has carried out research in the sociology of education and the sociology of the media. However, much of his work has been concerned with the methodological issues surrounding social enquiry. He has written several books including (with Paul Atkinson) Ethnography: Principles in Practice (fourth edition, Routledge, 2019), The Dilemma of Qualitative Method (Routledge, 1989), The Politics of Social Research (SAGE, 1995), Reading Ethnographic Research (second edition, Longman, 1997), Taking Sides in Social Research (Routledge, 2000), Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice, (London, Paul Chapman/SAGE, 2002), Questioning Qualitative Inquiry (SAGE, 2008), Methodology Who Needs It? (SAGE, 2011), The Myth of Research-Based Policy and Practice (SAGE, 2013), The Limits of Social Science (SAGE, 2014), and The Concept of Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Website: http://martynhammersley.wordpress.com/
Martin Robb is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University. He is co-editor of Relating Experience: stories from health and social care (Routledge, 2005); Communication, Relationships and Care (Routledge, 2004); and Understanding Health and Social Care (SAGE, 1998), and has published articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics, with a recent focus on issues of fatherhood, masculinity and childcare. Before joining the OU he worked in informal and community education projects with adults and young people.
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Useful strategies and guidance for anyone needing to explore the practical and ethical issues around researching with children and young people.
