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Doing Early Childhood Research: Theory and Practice
There are a growing number of courses on early childhood education at university level. This has placed new demands on both students and staff as research is a key feature of many of these courses. Research training is an important element in both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in early childhood education and there is a genuine need for an accessible textbook that addresses the particular research issues which are a feature of this important field.
Doing Early Childhood Research introduces the most common qualitative and quantitative methods in the early childhood context. The contributors cover a wide range of conventional and newer approaches including observation, surveys, action research, ethnography, policy analysis and poststructuralist approaches. The reader is shown step by step how to select a topic, review the literature, design their research project, analyse data and produce a report.
Throughout the emphasis is on practical application of the methods and the text is illustrated by a wide range of examples and case studies. Each chapter includes checklists, explanations of key concepts, annotated further reading and questions for reflection.
Written by leading international early childhood researchers, this book is a standard introduction to research in the early childhood field.
Doing Early Childhood Research introduces the most common qualitative and quantitative methods in the early childhood context. The contributors cover a wide range of conventional and newer approaches including observation, surveys, action research, ethnography, policy analysis and poststructuralist approaches. The reader is shown step by step how to select a topic, review the literature, design their research project, analyse data and produce a report.
Throughout the emphasis is on practical application of the methods and the text is illustrated by a wide range of examples and case studies. Each chapter includes checklists, explanations of key concepts, annotated further reading and questions for reflection.
Written by leading international early childhood researchers, this book is a standard introduction to research in the early childhood field.
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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June 9, 2020
I've read a lot of books on how to research now and I don't think they are making me smarter, just making me realise how dumb I really am :(
discouraged today
This was a good one in many ways though. It talked about ethics- insider and outsider knowledge, triangulation, power etc, even the way research has sometimes serves white supremacist patriarchy.
Ethics then is about how the researched should be actors/agents of the research not just subjects and not decided about against their will (or without their voice). I knew some of the names, others were new to me. I will hold onto it because depending if I get into interviewing people or something it might be useful.
discouraged today
This was a good one in many ways though. It talked about ethics- insider and outsider knowledge, triangulation, power etc, even the way research has sometimes serves white supremacist patriarchy.
Ethics then is about how the researched should be actors/agents of the research not just subjects and not decided about against their will (or without their voice). I knew some of the names, others were new to me. I will hold onto it because depending if I get into interviewing people or something it might be useful.
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