Practical Research with Children
1st Edition
Published on 24. June 2016
Book
Hardback
334 pages
978-1-138-93788-8 (ISBN)
Description
Practical Research with Children is designed to help the reader understand techniques for research with children, based on real world experience. The book describes a wide range of research methods, focusing equally on quantitative and qualitative approaches, and considers how different methods can be integrated. It highlights the benefits and challenges of each method and gives emphasis to best practice, with expert guidance on how to avoid potential pitfalls in order to obtain valuable insights into how children develop.
The volume includes fifteen chapters arranged over three sections. Each chapter explores a particular method, or combination of methods, and discusses both theoretical and practical issues, using a diversity of domains, including different ages, cultures, populations and settings. Uniquely, the book includes newer methods (such as eye tracking and digital technologies) alongside well-established behavioural methods which are used for research with children.
With contributions from internationally renowned researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines, the book will be indispensable reading for a wide audience, including for students in psychology, education and nursing undertaking research projects with children, and also for anyone looking to understand the research behind current theories in child development.
The volume includes fifteen chapters arranged over three sections. Each chapter explores a particular method, or combination of methods, and discusses both theoretical and practical issues, using a diversity of domains, including different ages, cultures, populations and settings. Uniquely, the book includes newer methods (such as eye tracking and digital technologies) alongside well-established behavioural methods which are used for research with children.
With contributions from internationally renowned researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines, the book will be indispensable reading for a wide audience, including for students in psychology, education and nursing undertaking research projects with children, and also for anyone looking to understand the research behind current theories in child development.
Reviews / Votes
"Practical Research with Children is a highly informative text regarding the various methods that can be employed to investigate issues within Developmental Psychology. Not only will readers gain knowledge of individual methods, but they may also succeed in learning how unique methods can complement each other and consider a mixed or multi methods approach to their research...This book is no doubt a valuable addition to anyone who conducts research within the field of Developmental Psychology. However it should not be pigeon holed to only Developmental researchers as it could offer a useful perspective and great deal of knowledge to those who investigate issues surrounding children in other areas of psychology." - Tamsyn Hawken, Psychology Teaching ReviewMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
13 s/w Zeichnungen, 34 s/w Abbildungen, 21 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder
13 Line drawings, black and white; 21 Halftones, black and white; 34 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
669 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-93788-8 (9781138937888)
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Jess Prior | Jo Van Herwegen
Practical Research with Children
E-Book
06/2016
Routledge
€78.99
Available for download
Jess Prior | Jo Van Herwegen
Practical Research with Children
E-Book
06/2016
Routledge
€78.99
Available for download
Jess Prior | Jo Van Herwegen
Practical Research with Children
Book
06/2016
1st Edition
Routledge
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Persons
Jess Prior is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Kingston University, UK.
Jo Van Herwegen is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Kingston University, UK
Jo Van Herwegen is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Kingston University, UK
Content
Part 1 Quantitative methods in research with children 1. Researching cognitive development in infancy, Caspar Addyman & Luke Mason 2. The use of eye tracking with infants and children, Sam V. Wass 3. Imaging the developing human brain using functional and structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Methodological and practical guidelines, Stephan E. Vogel, Anna A. Matejko, & Daniel Ansari 4. Standardised and experimental psychological tasks: issues and solutions for research with children, Harry Purser & Jo Van Herwegen 5. Researching children's conversations, Harriet Tenenbaum, Patrick Leman, Ana Aznar, & Cheryl To Part 2 Qualitative methods in research with children 6. The use of semi-structured interviews with young children, Jess Prior 7. Ethnographic studies of young children, Eva Gullov & Libeth Ljosdal Skreland 8. Qualitative research with a 'Double Life': A mixed methods approach to research and advocacy with adolescents, Jayme Hannay, Robert Dudley, Stephanie Milan, Paula Kellogg Leibovitz, & Valerie L. Rodino 9. Novel and creative qualitative methodologies with children, Karen Winter Part 3 Mixed methods designs in research with children 10. Counting in context: Studying children's everyday talk by combining numbers and words, Douglas E. Sperry & Linda L. Sperry 11. Using mixed methods in developmental psychology: From scale errors to death, Karl Rosengren, Isabel T. Gutierrez, & Matthew J Jiang 12. The use of Q sort methodology in research with teenagers, Larry Owens 13. Methodologies for paediatric sleep research in typical and atypical populations, Frances Le Cornu Knight & Dagmara Dimitriou 14. Digital and new technologies: Research tools and questions, David Messer & Natalia Kucirkova 15. Ethical issues and further thoughts, Lindsay O'Dell & Charlotte Brownlow