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Research methods in early childhood : an introductory guide / Penny Mukherji and Deborah Albon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2023Edition: 4th editionDescription: ix, 427 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781529732955
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 372.21072 M896r 23/eng/20240618
LOC classification:
  • LB1139.225 .M85 2023
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I Planning your research study -- Research design -- The research proposal -- Reviewing the literature -- Part II Paradigms and principles -- Positivist research -- Beyond positivism: interpretivism, 'critical' theories, post-structuralism and post-humanism -- Ethics -- Listening to young children -- Part III Approaches to research -- Surveys -- Ethnography -- Case studies -- Action research -- Part IV Methods -- Observation -- Interviews -- Questionnaires -- Using document and visual texts -- Journaling as a research tool -- Creative methods for listening to children in research -- Part V Analysing and sharing your findings -- Analysing and presenting quantitative data -- Qualitative methods of data analysis -- Writing up and sharing your findings.
Summary: "Designed with the early childhood student in mind, this book introduces research methods in a clear and accessible way. Following a step-by-step structure, Research Methods in Early Childhood progresses logically through the processes needed to design and carry out meaningful and ethical research. The Fourth Edition includes two new chapters that separate out quantitative and qualitative data analysis, as well as a reader′s guide and extended glossary to support new learners, and numerous boxes, activities, and case studies." -- Amazon
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I Planning your research study -- Research design -- The research proposal -- Reviewing the literature -- Part II Paradigms and principles -- Positivist research -- Beyond positivism: interpretivism, 'critical' theories, post-structuralism and post-humanism -- Ethics -- Listening to young children -- Part III Approaches to research -- Surveys -- Ethnography -- Case studies -- Action research -- Part IV Methods -- Observation -- Interviews -- Questionnaires -- Using document and visual texts -- Journaling as a research tool -- Creative methods for listening to children in research -- Part V Analysing and sharing your findings -- Analysing and presenting quantitative data -- Qualitative methods of data analysis -- Writing up and sharing your findings.

"Designed with the early childhood student in mind, this book introduces research methods in a clear and accessible way. Following a step-by-step structure, Research Methods in Early Childhood progresses logically through the processes needed to design and carry out meaningful and ethical research. The Fourth Edition includes two new chapters that separate out quantitative and qualitative data analysis, as well as a reader′s guide and extended glossary to support new learners, and numerous boxes, activities, and case studies." -- Amazon

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