Mariane Hedegaard is Professor in Child Development at the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Marilyn Fleer is Professor of Early Childhood Education and Director of the Centre of Childhood Studies at Monash University, Australia.

• Chapter 1Developmental Psychology and Childhood Education as Areas of ResearchMariane Hedegaard, Marilyn Fleer, Jytte Bang and Pernille Hviid Chapter 2Basic Conceptions in a Cultural-Historical Theory of Children's DevelopmentMariane HedegaardChapter 3 Methodological considerations for a dialectical-interactive research approach to children's developmentMariane HedegaardChapter 4Differences between Protocol Collecting and InterpretationMariane HedegaardChapter 5The dialectical relations between the child's perspective, the institutional perspective and the researcher's perspective Marilyn FleerChapter 6Dialogue between institutional practices analysed through child, family and teacher perspectives Marilyn Fleer Chapter 7The relations between cultural-historical theory, methodology and digital video methodsMarilyn FleerChapter 8Studying Developmental Novelty in the Activity Setting- An Environmental Affordance PerspectiveJytte BangChapter 9 Developmental Interviews with ChildrenPernille HviidChapter 10The Questionnaire as a Tool for Researching Children's Perspective in Institutional PracticesJytte Bang and Mariane HedegaardChapter 11 The Educational Experiment Mariane HedegaardChapter 12The Role of the Researcher in Studying Children's Everyday Lives Mariane Hedegaard

Mariane Hedegaard is Professor in Child Development at the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Marilyn Fleer is Professor of Early Childhood Education and Director of the Centre of Childhood Studies at Monash University, Australia.

• Chapter 1Developmental Psychology and Childhood Education as Areas of ResearchMariane Hedegaard, Marilyn Fleer, Jytte Bang and Pernille Hviid Chapter 2Basic Conceptions in a Cultural-Historical Theory of Children's DevelopmentMariane HedegaardChapter 3 Methodological considerations for a dialectical-interactive research approach to children's developmentMariane HedegaardChapter 4Differences between Protocol Collecting and InterpretationMariane HedegaardChapter 5The dialectical relations between the child's perspective, the institutional perspective and the researcher's perspective Marilyn FleerChapter 6Dialogue between institutional practices analysed through child, family and teacher perspectives Marilyn Fleer Chapter 7The relations between cultural-historical theory, methodology and digital video methodsMarilyn FleerChapter 8Studying Developmental Novelty in the Activity Setting- An Environmental Affordance PerspectiveJytte BangChapter 9 Developmental Interviews with ChildrenPernille HviidChapter 10The Questionnaire as a Tool for Researching Children's Perspective in Institutional PracticesJytte Bang and Mariane HedegaardChapter 11 The Educational Experiment Mariane HedegaardChapter 12The Role of the Researcher in Studying Children's Everyday Lives Mariane Hedegaard

Mariane Hedegaard is Professor in Child Development at the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Marilyn Fleer is Professor of Early Childhood Education and Director of the Centre of Childhood Studies at Monash University, Australia.

• Chapter 1Developmental Psychology and Childhood Education as Areas of ResearchMariane Hedegaard, Marilyn Fleer, Jytte Bang and Pernille Hviid Chapter 2Basic Conceptions in a Cultural-Historical Theory of Children's DevelopmentMariane HedegaardChapter 3 Methodological considerations for a dialectical-interactive research approach to children's developmentMariane HedegaardChapter 4Differences between Protocol Collecting and InterpretationMariane HedegaardChapter 5The dialectical relations between the child's perspective, the institutional perspective and the researcher's perspective Marilyn FleerChapter 6Dialogue between institutional practices analysed through child, family and teacher perspectives Marilyn Fleer Chapter 7The relations between cultural-historical theory, methodology and digital video methodsMarilyn FleerChapter 8Studying Developmental Novelty in the Activity Setting- An Environmental Affordance PerspectiveJytte BangChapter 9 Developmental Interviews with ChildrenPernille HviidChapter 10The Questionnaire as a Tool for Researching Children's Perspective in Institutional PracticesJytte Bang and Mariane HedegaardChapter 11 The Educational Experiment Mariane HedegaardChapter 12The Role of the Researcher in Studying Children's Everyday Lives Mariane Hedegaard