Participatory Research with Children and Young People

Susan Groundwater-Smith, Sue Dockett, Dorothy Bottrell, Author

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781446272879, 9781446272862
• eBook ISBN: 9781473911253
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Science Research & Methodology
• Index: Social Sciences

This book sets out a clear framework for conducting participatory research with children and young people within a discussion of the rights of the child. Through extensive case studies and a close review of contemporary literature, in relation to early childhood through to late adolescence, the book serves as a critical guide to issues in participative research for students and researchers.
The book includes chapters on:

• Designing your research project
• Ethical considerations
• Innovative methods
• Publication and dissemination.

Index

• Note: Figures and Tables are indicated by page numbers in bold.

• access
  • children with disabilities 87
  • children in school 78–79
  • and constraints on cooperation 81–82
  • ‘contact zones’ 84, 85
  • cooperation of children 82–83, 84
  • creating spaces 86–87
  • establishing partnerships 85
  • to institutions
    • cooperation 81–82, 83–84
    • duty of care 80
    • resistance 83–84
  • ‘interrupted spaces’ 86
  • marginalised children 79, 82, 83, 86
  • marginalised communities 85
  • negotiations for 84–86
  • and ‘ownership’ of research 78
  • ‘ownership’ of space 82
  • pressure for participation 80–81
  • resistance of children 60, 83, 84, 85, 87
  • and risk management 79–80
  • strengthening relationships 84–85
  • vetoed or limited participation 81–82
  • vulnerable children 79–80, 83
  • see also gatekeepers
• action
  • and activism 186–195
    • case studies
      • Children’s Perspectives Of Their Locan Communities 191–194
      • Consultation Upon An Exhibition At The Australian Museum 187–191
      • Fares Fair project 186–187
  • as a set of practical intentions 182–186
  • and subversion 195
• adult insistence on children participating 43
• adult-child relationship
  • balance of power 11–12, 22, 25–26, 59–61, 86
  • manipulating outcomes 21–22
• Africa
  • children’s mobility 61
  • research on migration and HIV/AIDS 164–165
• age as concept 27, 45
• agency
  • in research and inquiry 25–28
  • sense of 11–12, 27, 185, 186
• Ahsan, M. 80
• Alcoff, L. 146
• Amsden, J. and Van Wynsberghe, R. 170
• Anarfi, J. et al 171
• anonymit...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Arguing the Case for Participatory Research with Children and Young People
• Developing New Methodological Understandings of Social Research with Children and Young People
• Ethical Questions in Relation to Participatory Research with Children and Young People
• Designing a Project with Children and Young People
• A Political Ecology of Access and Cooperation
• Innovative Methods
• Issues of Impact and Sustainability in the Context of Participatory Design and Construction
• Publication and Dissemination
• Action and Participation