scholarly journals Critical Realism and Research Design and Analysis in Geographies of Children and Young People

2017 ◽  
pp. 3-22
Author(s):  
Priscilla Alderson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Critical Realism ◽  
Children And Young People

Justifying children and young people’s involvement in social research: Assessing harm and benefit

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle Kennan ◽  
Pat Dolan
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Ethical Obligation ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Theoretical Context ◽  
Balanced Assessment

At a time when children and young people’s involvement in research is increasingly the norm, this article reflects on the importance of a well-reasoned and transparent justification for their inclusion or exclusion. It explores the dilemma of a researcher’s ethical obligation to protect children and young people from harm and at the same time respect their autonomy as social actors and independent rights holders to participate in research of relevance to their lives. A researcher’s ethical obligation to conduct a rigorous but balanced assessment of harm and benefit is reiterated. The article takes the debate beyond a call for assessing harm and benefit to providing a strategy for conducting such an assessment at the point of research design. Reflecting on two research projects the authors were involved in, three critical considerations are identified. These are: the purpose and the theoretical context of the research; the preferences of the children and young people and their parents; and the available time and resources. The article draws on the research examples to illustrate the assessment process in practice.

Consent in School-Based Research Involving Children and Young People: A Survey of Research from Systematic Reviews

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.W. Rees ◽  
J. Garcia ◽  
A. Oakley
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Young People ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Codes Of Practice ◽  
School Based ◽  
Study Characteristics

This study examines the way that consent is reported for participation in school-based research involving children or young people aged from 5 to 16 years. Databases containing descriptions of research identified during systematic reviews were surveyed to determine to what extent consent is sought, and from whom, and to see whether reporting varied by study characteristics such as the age of participants, the country in which the research was carried out, research design and substantive area of study. Of a total of 489 studies in school settings involving children or young people, less than a third (n=145:30%) reported seeking consent. Only one in seven (n=66:13%) sought consent from children or young people themselves. Consent was reported significantly more frequently in studies sourced from health promotion reviews, when compared to those sourced from education reviews. Codes of practice indicate that researchers should seek consent from research participants. This study demonstrates that these principles are often not reflected in practice.

scholarly journals Excursions as corporate agents: A critical realist account of children’s agency

Childhood ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 414-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cath Larkins
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Critical Realism ◽  
Collective Agency ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Critical Realist ◽  
Research With Children ◽  
Children’S Agency ◽  
Children And Childhood

Recent theorising of children’s agency has focused on relational approaches. Critical realism can provide additional theoretical reinforcement as it demands a focus on relatively enduring patterns of disadvantage and potential powers. Participatory research with children and young people confirms the relevance of Archer’s conception of influence achieved by Selves, Social Actors, and Primary and Corporate Agents. In moments, children within organised collectivities set agendas and shape some circumstances that affect others. When modified by generation-sensitive insights, Archer’s framework may provide understandings of children’s individual and collective agency. These insights might also strengthen critical realist understandings of children and childhood.

scholarly journals Using children and young people as advocates to inform research design

2017 ◽  
Vol 80 (11) ◽  
pp. 684-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Graham ◽  
Anne Mandy ◽  
Channine Clarke ◽  
Christopher Morriss-Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Children And Young People
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