Qualitative Fieldwork with Children
Context and Participation in Child Well-Being Research across Nations
Bristol University Press
1st Edition
Published on 2. September 2025
Book
Hardback
346 pages
978-1-5292-2806-9 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on the multinational qualitative study 'Children's Understandings of Well-being' (CUWB), this unique edited collection offers practical insights into conducting fieldwork across diverse geographical, social and cultural contexts, using the same basic protocol.
The book explores the practical, ethical and philosophical challenges the researchers faced, and the ways in which these issues were dealt with by the different research teams. Contributors provide rare insights into the diverse institutional requirements and professional practices highlighting the way research methods are embedded in contexts that are at one and the same time both local and global.
With contributions from experts in child well-being research from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Romania, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK and the US, the book provides valuable perspectives for researchers across a wide range of settings.
The book explores the practical, ethical and philosophical challenges the researchers faced, and the ways in which these issues were dealt with by the different research teams. Contributors provide rare insights into the diverse institutional requirements and professional practices highlighting the way research methods are embedded in contexts that are at one and the same time both local and global.
With contributions from experts in child well-being research from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Romania, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK and the US, the book provides valuable perspectives for researchers across a wide range of settings.
Reviews / Votes
"By teasing out the awkwardness, messiness and discomfort of fieldwork with children across diverse contexts, this insightful book illuminates the gaps between theory and practice, between ethics boards and reality." Samantha Punch, University of StirlingMore details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-2806-9 (9781529228069)
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Context and Participation in Child Well-Being Research across Nations
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Persons
Lise Mogensen is Associate Professor in Medical Education at Western Sydney University and disability studies lead on the Australian Children's Understandings of Well-being (CUWB) research team.
Susann Fegter is Head of Department at General and Historical Educational Science, Technische Universitaet Berlin and project leader of the CUWB research project.
Lisa Fischer is Research Assistant at the Department of General and Historical Educational Science, Technische Universitaet Berlin and co-lead of the CUWB emerging scholar network.
Jan Mason is Emeritus Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University and former project leader of the CUWB research project.
Tobia Fattore is Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Macquarie University. He is a project leader on the CUWB research project and co-Editor-in-Chief of Child Indicators Research.
Susann Fegter is Head of Department at General and Historical Educational Science, Technische Universitaet Berlin and project leader of the CUWB research project.
Lisa Fischer is Research Assistant at the Department of General and Historical Educational Science, Technische Universitaet Berlin and co-lead of the CUWB emerging scholar network.
Jan Mason is Emeritus Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University and former project leader of the CUWB research project.
Tobia Fattore is Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Macquarie University. He is a project leader on the CUWB research project and co-Editor-in-Chief of Child Indicators Research.
Contributions
Western Sydney University
Western Sydney University
Western Sydney University
Universite du Quebec en Outaouais
Universite du Quebec en Outaouais
Universite du Quebec en Outaouais
Universite du Quebec en Outaouais
Universidad del Desarrollo
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
Universidad del Desarrollo
Content
1. Introduction: Examining the Social Realities of Qualitative Research with Children. Context, Messiness and Multinational Comparison - Tobia Fattore, Susann Fegter, Lisa Fischer, Jan Mason and Lise Mogensen
Part 1: Power-Relations and Ethics in Research with Children
2. On Vulnerability in Interview Situations in the Field of Childhood Research: Reflections on the Reproduction of the Generational Order - Veronika Magyar-Haas and Catrin Heite
3. Transactional Horizons as Mitigation of Power Imbalance in Adult-Child Interviews - Daniel Stoecklin
4. The Re-Constitution of Children/Childhood and Adults/Adulthood in Research Process - Stella Maerz
5. Ethical Dilemmas in Doing Research with Children: Dealing with Asymmetrical Power Relations - Anne Carolina Ramos
6. Legal Protection to Privacy and Consent in Research with Children as an Ethical Inequality Problem - Lisa Fischer and Stella Maerz
Part 2: Including Marginalised Children in Qualitative Research
7. Navigating Child Well-Being Research in Institutional Settings: Children with Intellectual Disability and Children in Care - Lise Mogensen, Gabrielle Drake, Samia Michail, Tobia Fattore, Jan Falloon and Jan Mason
8. Narrating Oneself: How Do Children Negotiate the Telling of Their Lives to Adult Researchers and How Can We Provide an Adequate Research Frame? - Emre Erdogan, Pinar Uyan-Semerci and Basak Akkan
9. Conducting Participatory Research with Children in Constrained Contexts: Methodological Considerations for Training Emerging Researchers Through a Social Justice Lens - Sabirah Adams, Shazly Savahl, Graciela Tonon and Phadiel Hoosen
10. Focus Group Method for Studying Wellbeing Children with Intellectual Disability - Claudia Bacter, Ioana Sirbu, Adela Lazar and Sergiu Bal?atescu
Part 3: How Qualitative Methods and Tools Facilitate Research with Children
11. Team Meetings and Field Notes as Sources for Reflecting on the Challenges of Engaging Children as Research Partners - Christine Gervais, Flavy Barrette, Elisabeth Lefebvre and Isabel Cote
12. A Collaborative Methodological Approach for Understanding Well-Being in School: Photographs to See Them/Us and Listen to Them/Us - Lorena Ramirez-Casas del Valle, Jaime Alfaro, and Veronica Lopez
13. Well-Being Maps and the Introduction of Avatars in Filmmaking: Reflections on Ethics and Visual Methods in an English Qualitative Study of Child Well-Being - Colette McAuley
14. Revisiting Observation in Research with Children in the South - Graciela Tonon and Damian Molgaray
15. (Re)integrating Auditors in Qualitative Research with Children - Daniel A. DeCino, Lisa A. Newland, Gabrielle A. Strouse and Daniel J. Mourlam
16. Conclusion: Embracing Diverse Cultural Contexts and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Qualitative Research with Children Across Nations - Lise Mogensen, Tobia Fattore, Jan Mason, Susann Fegter and Lisa Fischer
Part 1: Power-Relations and Ethics in Research with Children
2. On Vulnerability in Interview Situations in the Field of Childhood Research: Reflections on the Reproduction of the Generational Order - Veronika Magyar-Haas and Catrin Heite
3. Transactional Horizons as Mitigation of Power Imbalance in Adult-Child Interviews - Daniel Stoecklin
4. The Re-Constitution of Children/Childhood and Adults/Adulthood in Research Process - Stella Maerz
5. Ethical Dilemmas in Doing Research with Children: Dealing with Asymmetrical Power Relations - Anne Carolina Ramos
6. Legal Protection to Privacy and Consent in Research with Children as an Ethical Inequality Problem - Lisa Fischer and Stella Maerz
Part 2: Including Marginalised Children in Qualitative Research
7. Navigating Child Well-Being Research in Institutional Settings: Children with Intellectual Disability and Children in Care - Lise Mogensen, Gabrielle Drake, Samia Michail, Tobia Fattore, Jan Falloon and Jan Mason
8. Narrating Oneself: How Do Children Negotiate the Telling of Their Lives to Adult Researchers and How Can We Provide an Adequate Research Frame? - Emre Erdogan, Pinar Uyan-Semerci and Basak Akkan
9. Conducting Participatory Research with Children in Constrained Contexts: Methodological Considerations for Training Emerging Researchers Through a Social Justice Lens - Sabirah Adams, Shazly Savahl, Graciela Tonon and Phadiel Hoosen
10. Focus Group Method for Studying Wellbeing Children with Intellectual Disability - Claudia Bacter, Ioana Sirbu, Adela Lazar and Sergiu Bal?atescu
Part 3: How Qualitative Methods and Tools Facilitate Research with Children
11. Team Meetings and Field Notes as Sources for Reflecting on the Challenges of Engaging Children as Research Partners - Christine Gervais, Flavy Barrette, Elisabeth Lefebvre and Isabel Cote
12. A Collaborative Methodological Approach for Understanding Well-Being in School: Photographs to See Them/Us and Listen to Them/Us - Lorena Ramirez-Casas del Valle, Jaime Alfaro, and Veronica Lopez
13. Well-Being Maps and the Introduction of Avatars in Filmmaking: Reflections on Ethics and Visual Methods in an English Qualitative Study of Child Well-Being - Colette McAuley
14. Revisiting Observation in Research with Children in the South - Graciela Tonon and Damian Molgaray
15. (Re)integrating Auditors in Qualitative Research with Children - Daniel A. DeCino, Lisa A. Newland, Gabrielle A. Strouse and Daniel J. Mourlam
16. Conclusion: Embracing Diverse Cultural Contexts and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Qualitative Research with Children Across Nations - Lise Mogensen, Tobia Fattore, Jan Mason, Susann Fegter and Lisa Fischer