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Informationen zum Autor Professor Glenda Mac Naughton is Director of the Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood at the University of Melbourne. Sharne A. Rolfe is Senior Lecturer at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Iram Siraj-Blatchford is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Klappentext A systematic introduction to research with young children, covering both qualitative and quantitative methods, and dealing with the specific challenges of working with young children and their families. Zusammenfassung Reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of much early childhood research, this book covers a wide range of conventional and newer methods including observation. It explains clearly how to set up research projects which are theoretically grounded, well-designed, rigorously analysed, feasible and ethically based. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables Contributors Introduction - Glenda Mac Naughton, Sharne Rolfe and Iram Siraj-Blatchford PART I: The nature of research 1 Research as a tool - Sharne Rolfe and Glenda Mac Naughton 2 The research process - Glenda Mac Naughton and Sharne Rolfe 3 Paradigms, methods and knowledge - Patrick Hughes 4 Doing research as a beginning researcher - Audrey D'Souza Juma 5 Ethics in early childhood research - Margaret Coady 6 Indigenous research - Karen Martin PART II: Analysis and design 7 Design issues - Alan Hayes 8 Quantitative designs and statistical analysis - Linda Harrison 9 Qualitative designs and analysis - Anne Edwards 10 Equity and research design - Susan Grieshaber 11 Mixed-method designs - Iram Siraj-Blatchford 12 Designing to scale: When size matters - Mindy Blaise PART III: The research process in action 13 Surveys and questionnaires: An evaluative case study - John Siraj-Blatchford 14 Interviewing young children - Maria Assuncao Folque 15 Interviewing adults in an Indigenous community - Sue Atkinson-Lopez 16 An ethnographic approach to researching young children's learning - Iram Siraj-Blatchford 17 Action research - Louise Taylor 18 Direct observation - Sharne A. Rolfe and Sue Emmett 19 Case study - Teresa Vasconcelos 20 Quasi-experimental research - Liane Brown Appendix 1: Getting our terms right Glossary Index ...
