Seeking children's perspectives: a respectful layered research approach

This article discusses why researchers and educators might choose to seek children's perspectives. It also highlights some of the key considerations when seeing children as having the right to contribute to decisions that affect them. The article draws on findings from a study that used pedagog...

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Main Authors: Merewether, Jane, Fleet, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16187
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description This article discusses why researchers and educators might choose to seek children's perspectives. It also highlights some of the key considerations when seeing children as having the right to contribute to decisions that affect them. The article draws on findings from a study that used pedagogically oriented methods for researching three- and four-year-old children's perspectives about outdoor spaces in the early childhood setting they attended. The article discusses the possibilities and practicalities of this research approach for both research and pedagogy. Examples are provided for others who may be considering working/researching in these ways.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-161872017-09-13T15:03:20Z Seeking children's perspectives: a respectful layered research approach Merewether, Jane Fleet, A. young children's environments children's perspectives Mosaic approach listening as method participatory research This article discusses why researchers and educators might choose to seek children's perspectives. It also highlights some of the key considerations when seeing children as having the right to contribute to decisions that affect them. The article draws on findings from a study that used pedagogically oriented methods for researching three- and four-year-old children's perspectives about outdoor spaces in the early childhood setting they attended. The article discusses the possibilities and practicalities of this research approach for both research and pedagogy. Examples are provided for others who may be considering working/researching in these ways. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16187 10.1080/03004430.2013.829821 Routledge fulltext
spellingShingle young children's environments
children's perspectives
Mosaic approach
listening as method
participatory research
Merewether, Jane
Fleet, A.
Seeking children's perspectives: a respectful layered research approach
title Seeking children's perspectives: a respectful layered research approach
title_full Seeking children's perspectives: a respectful layered research approach
title_fullStr Seeking children's perspectives: a respectful layered research approach
title_full_unstemmed Seeking children's perspectives: a respectful layered research approach
title_short Seeking children's perspectives: a respectful layered research approach
title_sort seeking children's perspectives: a respectful layered research approach
topic young children's environments
children's perspectives
Mosaic approach
listening as method
participatory research
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16187