1st Edition

Using Innovative Methods in Early Years Research Beyond the Conventional

Edited By Zeta Brown, Helen Perkins Copyright 2019
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Exploring a range of unconventional research methods and considering how these can be used effectively in practice, 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... Read more

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

List of Figures

About the Contributors

Introduction - Zeta Brown and Helen Perkins

Section one: Research in early education

1. Reflexivity in educational research - Jackie Musgrave

2. Ethical considerations in using innovative methods in early education research - Kieran Hodgkin and Gary Beauchamp

3. Going beyond participatory ideology when doing research with young children: The case for ethical permeability and relatability - Ioanna Palaiologou

Section two: Researching with children

4. Art as a research method - Elisabetta Biffi and Franca Zuccoli

5. The use of drawing methods with young children in research - Helen Lyndon

6. Listening to young children in messy, playful research - Laura Heads and Michael Jopling

7. Play-based interview techniques with young children - Sarah Holmes

8. Using the mosaic approach as an ethnographical methodology - Zenna Kingdon

9. Using video to research outdoors with young children - Gary Beauchamp, Chantelle Haughton, Cheryl Ellis, Siân Sarwar, Jacky Tyrie, Dylan Adams and Sandra Dumitrescu

10. The use of vignettes in research with young children - Ioanna Palaiologou

Section three: Researching with practitioners and parents

11. The use of identity boxes as a research method - Helen Perkins

12. Narrative inquiry: storying lived experiences with early childhood student-practitioners - Lynn Richards

13. The use of observations in early childhood research - Jackie Musgrave

14. Q-methodology: seeking communalities in perspectives of young children and practitioners - Zeta Brown and Gavin Rhoades

Index

Biography

Zeta Brown is Reader in Education for Social Justice at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.

Helen Perkins is Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Family Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.