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ED423070 PS026920
Title: Studying Children in Context: Theories, Methods, and Ethics.
Author(s): Graue, M. Elizabeth; Walsh, Daniel J.; Ceglowski, Deborah; Dyson, Anne Hass; Fernie, David E.; Kantor, Rebecca; Leavitt, Robin Lynn; Miller, Peggy J.; Ting, Hsueh-Yin
Pages: 270
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0-8039-7256-3
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Sage Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320; phone: 805-499-0721; fax: 805-499-0871; e-mail: info@sagepub.com (hardcover: ISBN-0-8039-7256-3, $49.95; paperback: ISBN-0-8039-7257-1, $23.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Guides--Non-classroom (055)
Geographic Source: U.S.; California
Journal Announcement: RIEFEB1999
Studying or finding out about children is exceptionally difficult--intellectually,
physically, and emotionally. Physical, social, cognitive, and political distances
between adult and the child make their relationship very different from the relationships
among adults. This book explains the art and science of doing qualitative research
involving children. Six themes run through the book: the importance of finding
out in context; the situated nature of the research process; the centrality of
social interaction; the social nature of research; the centrality of the children;
and the situatedness of the methods. The chapters of the book are: (1) "The
Child as Object"; (2) "Interpretive Science"; (3) "Theory
as Context"; (4) "Ethics: Being Fair"; (5) "Researcher Role
as Context"; (6) "Generating Data"; (7) "Constructing a Data
Record"; (8) "Interpretation in Context"; and (9) "Writing
as Context." The final chapter discusses issues of institutional and market
constraints, and validity. Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 7-9 include case studies. Contains
161 references. (HTH)
Descriptors: Case Studies; *Children; Context
Effect; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Data Interpretation; Ethics; Ethnography;
Observation; *Qualitative Research; *Research Methodology; Research Problems;
Research Reports
Identifiers: Adult Child Relationship; Researcher
Role; *Researcher Subject Relationship
