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- Title
Listening to Children: Exploring Intuitive Strategies and Interactive Methods in a Study of Children's Special Places.
- Authors
Green, Carie
- Abstract
Stemming from the UNCRC, childhood researchers have proposed a variety of methodological strategies for upholding children's rights and understanding their perspectives. This paper aims to advance the conversation on engaging children's perspectives by presenting data collection methods used in a qualitative study exploring children's special places. Place attachment and identity theories, as well as, contemporary sociological understandings, informed the study design, particularly, in viewing children as active agents continually constructing their own places in the world. Five interactive methods (book discussions, representational art, child-led place tours, informal interviews, and puppets) are presented in order to emphasize the importance of listening to children, building positive relationships, allowing children to take the lead, and fostering creative expression. While it may never be possible for the adult researcher to fully understand children's perspectives, it is possible for researchers to implement intuitive strategies by reflectively adapting their methods to honor children's diverse needs.
- Subjects
INTERACTIVE assessment (Education); PHYSICAL environment; CHILD behavior; ACQUISITION of data; CONVENTION on the Rights of the Child; REFLEXIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL psychology; PLACE attachment (Psychology)
- Publication
International Journal of Early Childhood, 2012, Vol 44, Issue 3, p269
- ISSN
0020-7187
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13158-012-0075-9