Subjects, Objects or Participants? Dilemmas of Psychological Research with Children

By Martin Woodhead, D. Faulkner. 2008

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About the book: Research with Children is a unique resource book on the methodology of childhood research. Leading and new researchers within the social studies of childhood discuss central questions of epistemology and methodology, demonstrating the links between theory and practice. The theoretical and practical questions are set out in a clear and well-argued fashion and will therefore appeal both to the newcomer to childhood studies and to experienced researchers in the field. From the introduction: Chapter 1 provides a broad overview of the shifts which have and still are taking place within developmental psychology, noting the obstacles and epistemological barriers which such changes confront.

Subfields: Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Researching with Young Children: Seeking Assent (2011, background): “While a range of research is still conducted on children, much of the recent research involving children is focused on research with children (Woodhead and Faulkner 2008).”
• Children's Participation Rights in Research (2009, background): “Most researchers in this study seemed to be in line with the trend away from treating children as the passive objects of the research process (Woodhead and Faulkner, 2000), towards seeing them as active subjects whose perspectives, views and feelings are respected and valued.”