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research with children: methodological issues and innovative techniques
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In the past few decades, a growing body of literature examining children’s perspectives on their own lives has developed within a variety of disciplines, such as sociology, psychology, anthropology and geography. This article provides a brief up-to-date examination of methodological and ethical issues that researchers may need to consider when designing research studies involving children; and a review of some of the methods and techniques used to elicit their views. The article aims to encourage researchers to critically reflect on these methodological issues and the techniques they choose to use, since they will have implications for the data produced.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fargas-Malet, M., McSherry, D., Larkin, E., & Robinson, C.
- Affiliations
- Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK,
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- ORCID
- McSherry, Dominic
- Venue
- Journal of Early Childhood Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2010-05-21
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 175-192
- ISSN
- 1476-718X (ISSN-L)
- 1741-2927
- OpenAlex
- W2157017107
- Cited by
- 520
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 40.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- pure.qub.ac.uk
- Locations
- Journal of Early Childhood Research (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Children's Rights and Participation
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Keywords
- research with children, children's perspectives, research ethics, methodological issues, children's participation, research design, data validity
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