Using Innovative Methods in Early Years Research: Beyond the Conventional - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 113838951X ISBN 13: 9781138389519

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

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 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.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113838951X
• ISBN 13: 9781138389519
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Brown Zeta, Perkins Helen