Studying Children: A Cultural-Historical Approach

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

Studying Children is the first book of its kind to offer a theoretical and practical discussion of how to undertake research using cultural-historical theory when researching the everyday lives of children.

The authors discuss the complexities of child development, providing a critique of alternative perspectives of research and notions of development. They provide a number of case studies following researchers in early childhood as they move from a developmental approach to a cultural-historical framework for observing and planning for young children.

The chapters:

Provide a solid framework for understanding the foundations of this approach
Address the importance of viewing research as an interactive technique
Offer guidance on how to collect and interpret material
Show how to make observations of and interviews with children, within a dialectical research approach
Present examples of how to write and present findings using this technique

The book is rich with examples of how to undertake specific methods, such as surveys, experiments, case studies, digital video observations, interviews, and children as researchers.

Studying Children is a valuable resource for academics, researchers and students working in the field of Early and Middle Childhood at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-12-16
Mått:153 x 230 x 15 mm
Vikt:380 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN:9780335234783

Utforska kategorier

Skolan och förskolan inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

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.

Innehållsförteckning

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