Using Innovative Methods in Early Years Research: Beyond the Conventional

This textbook encourages the use of innovative approaches to conduct research in early years contexts,such as researching with young children,practitioners,and parents,harnessing the arts,vignettes,identity boxes,and narrative accounts. It also includes detailed information on ethical concerns and reflexivity and encourages students to take a critical and well-thought-out approach to conducting independent research.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 222 pages
\n Publication date: 24 June 2019
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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This accessible textbook encourages the use of innovative approaches to conduct research in early years contexts.

Using Innovative Methods in Early Years Research provides key information on a range of non-traditional research methods, and details the strengths, limitations, and challenges involved in diverging from more standard research methods. From researching with young children, practitioners, and parents, to harnessing the arts, vignettes, identity boxes, and narrative accounts, chapters draw on authors' first-hand experiences to highlight the value of 'thinking outside the box and developing innovative research methods that meet the needs and aims of the researcher, while also involving and empowering research participants. Including detailed information on ethical concerns and the importance of reflexivity, individual and group tasks encourage students to take a critical and well-thought-out approach to conducting independent research.

This will be an invaluable and inspiring resource for high-level undergraduate and postgraduate students as they embark on research projects in the field of early years education and care.

\n Weight: 380g\n
Dimension: 236 x 167 x 14 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781138389519\n \n