{"product_id":"researching-children-childhoods","title":"Researching Children \u0026 Childhoods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJunior researchers in the field of childhood studies are often faced with many challenges that accompany research with young participants.\u003c\/b\u003e Methodological concepts, such as research relationships, positionality, self-disclosure and reflexivity can sometimes become subordinate to more practical and procedural concerns. \u003ci\u003eResearching Children and Childhoods\u003c\/i\u003e frames these themes not as problems but as opportunities to deepen and strengthen research discussions and analysis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding students with a guide to support their ventures into research with children and young people, this book offers practical advice on writing a thesis\/dissertation and will enable readers to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - confidently reflect on the ethical issues embedded in their own projects and recognise them as opportunities for discussion within their dissertations or thesis\u003cbr\u003e - demystify the role of methodologies and position them as essential tools for their research\u003cbr\u003e - consider the efficacy of concepts such as agency, autonomy, participation, subjectivity, and voice as ways of understanding childhood and children’s lived experiences\u003cbr\u003e - use ideas such as positionality, self-disclosure and category entitlement to recognise the integral role of researcher identity and relationships in the construction of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e - use ‘I’ authoritatively when writing about their own research without reducing content to descriptive, opinion based discussions\u003cbr\u003e - situate their research by exploring the context in which the research takes place and the power relations embedded within participants and researcher relationships\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Each chapter includes a variety of researcher experiences, vignette examples, and specific activities, aimed at applying the key themes represented in this volume into research dissertations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57192693531006,"sku":"NW9781350043206","price":23.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781350043206.jpg?v=1778547541","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/researching-children-childhoods","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}