ABSTRACT
This book provides an original perspective on a range of controversial issues in educational and social research through case studies of multi-disciplinary and mixed-method research involving children, teachers, schools and communities in Europe and the developing world. These case studies from researchers "across continents" and "across disciplines" explore a range of interesting issues, including the relevance of research approaches to very different national settings, and to the kinds of questions being asked; the barriers of language and culture between researcher and researched; articulating the thinking and feelings of very young children; the challenges of dealing with "partiality" of data; issues of identity, subjectivity and reflexivity; and transferring research approaches from one national setting to the problems posed in another.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |11 pages
Introduction
part I|74 pages
Research with Early Years and Primary School Children
chapter 1|21 pages
Photography, School Spaces and School Lives
chapter 3|18 pages
“How Do You Write What We're Talking About in Our Minds?”
chapter 4|16 pages
Drawing as a Methodological Tool for Exploring Children's Understanding About Right and Wrong at School
part II|52 pages
Research with Children and Young People in Secondary Schools
chapter 5|15 pages
Exploring the Experiences of South-Asian Adolescent Girls
chapter 6|17 pages
Collecting Primary-Level Quantitative Data
chapter 7|18 pages
“We Want to Understand Their ‘Virtual' World Better, So We Can Make Them Happy”
part III|54 pages
Research with Teachers, Schools and Communities