"We Are like Dictionaries, Miss, You Can Look Things up in Us": Evaluating Child-Centred Research Methods

Autor/in	Elton-Chalcraft, Sally
Titel	"We Are like Dictionaries, Miss, You Can Look Things up in Us": Evaluating Child-Centred Research Methods
Quelle	In: Education 3-13, 39 (2011) 2, S.187-202 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4279
Schlagwörter	Qualitative Research; Teaching Methods; Cultural Pluralism; Minority Groups; Whites; Student Attitudes; Research Methodology; Foreign Countries; Social Attitudes; Attitude Measures; Elementary School Students; Focus Groups; Racial Bias; Ethics; Student Participation; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kulturpluralismus; Ethnische Minderheit; White; Weißer; Schülerverhalten; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Ausland; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Ethik; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Großbritannien
Abstract	Research concerning children is often presented with only a brief comment on the research methods adopted. This paper takes a "behind the scenes" view and I discuss my adoption of a non-hierarchical "least adult role" adapted from Mandell's work in 1991 to undertake qualitative research in the sensitive area of children's multicultural awareness in two high-proportion minority ethnic schools and two schools with a predominantly white intake. I discuss my approach as a "traveller" rather than a "miner" and the use of jelly beans and Bean Sheet to gauge the children's perceptions of their multicultural awareness. The value placed on the role of the child in the research design and implementation is examined, and I evaluate the advantages and limitations of adopting such child-centred approaches for the teacher researcher. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10