Research with Children: A Rich Glimpse into the World of Childhood

2003 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reesa Sorin

I feel angry when my brother is hurting me and he, and I'm tired and I'm having a sleep and Jason just says ‘Matthew, Matthew, look at this’. My face gets angry. [Makes face and clenches fist]. That's when they get even pinker. That's what happens to my arms when I get angry (Matthew, age 5—name has been changed). Research in early childhood education generally involves children in some capacity, whether it be how they respond to various pedagogical initiatives, how their parents or teachers interact with them or what understandings they bring to a situation. Unfortunately, in the past, much of this research has given children limited voice; positioning them as innocent, incompetent and in need of an adult voice to confirm their place in the research. This article examines my research into young children's emotions, which suggests to me that children's voices can be powerful and possibly richer than those of adults acting on behalf of children.

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-148
Author(s):  
Alison Crump ◽  
Heather Phipps

In this paper, we discuss methodological and ethical issues related to researching with children in a way that respects and validates their voices. Drawing on vignettes from one of the author’s inquiries with young multilingual children, we share strategies we see as central to positioning children as knowledgeable and active agents in their own and our learning. We propose three main criteria for doing qualitative research with children: fostering respectful relationships; using creative methods; and listening attentively to children’s stories. We discuss what these criteria can contribute to early childhood education, both in formal and non-formal settings.


Author(s):  
Raquel Pacheco

O objetivo principal deste relato é compartilhar experiências relevantes vivenciadas na oficina realizada na Biblioteca Monteiro Lobato da Escola Desdobrada Retiro da Lagoa no Município de Florianópolis – SC, em julho de 2009, com a participação de alunos da Educação Infantil. É importante destacar que, embora mediados por um trabalho participativo, cooperado e solidário, a oficina foi coordenada pela bibliotecária Raquel Pacheco, que conduziu os trabalhos de forma a proporcionar os resultados contidos neste relato. Essa oficina teve por objetivo: levar as crianças a compreenderem a importância do surgimento da escrita, pois sem a escrita não existiria o livro e sem o livro não existiria a biblioteca. A metodologia de ação empregada na oficina foi composta pela apresentação de um pequeno filme produzido com o material encontrado e passado aos alunos na biblioteca e a manipulação de diferentes objetos. Imprescindível enfatizar que todos os momentos foram primordiais para o desenvolvimento desse relatório que sistematiza o processo além dos resultados alcançados pelos alunos participantes. A oficina desencadeou momentos de grande reflexão sobre a origem da escrita, conectado com as práticas a fim de expandir o conhecimento do mundo que as crianças possuem, bem como a manifestação de solidariedade.AbstractThe main purpose of this report is to share relevant experiences in the workshop held in the Monteiro Lobato Library of the Escola Desdobrada Retiro da Lagoa in Florianópolis – SC/Brazil, in July 2009 with the participation of students of early childhood education. It is noteworthy that, although mediated by a participative, cooperative and supportive work, the workshop was coordinated by the librarian Raquel Pacheco, who led the work in order to provide the results contained in this report. This workshop aimed to: make the children understand the importance of the writing appearing, since without writing the book would not exist, and without the book the library would not exist. The methodology used in the workshop was the presentation of a short film produced with the material found and showed to students in the library, and also the manipulation of different objects. It is essential to emphasize that all the moments were decisive to the development of this report, which systematize the process besides including the results achieved by the participating students. The workshop provoked moments of reflection about the origin of writing, connected with the practices, in order to expand the knowledge of the world that children already have, as well as the expressions of solidarity. 


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 1085-1087
Author(s):  
Patrick Olin MD, PhD ◽  
B. N. Tandon ◽  
Julius S. Meme ◽  
E. Lee Ford-Jones ◽  
Mark Belsey ◽  
...  

If we are committed to the health and development of children, we need to recognize that the vast majority of the world's women are working women. In Africa, 80% of the women are actively engaged in economic activities outside the home. The "economic miracle" in Southeast Asia was made possible by the nimble fingers of thousands of women working in textile and electronics factories. There is need for pre-day-care advocacy for infants, through promotion of breast feeding and maternity leave. When the mother returns to work, the standard of the International Labor Organization should be applied, namely "...the care of children while the parents are working cannot be ignored because it forms a focal point on which three main concerns of development policy—work, health, and education—converge." Several principles emerged from the presentations in the international panel: 1. Child-care programs must be community based, using the resources of the families and the community organizations themselves. 2. Programs require the active involvement of the communities, women's groups, and other partners. 3. Programs are modified by innovations created by community organizations, universities, and other groups. 4. Programs require the mobilization of trained young men and women into the field of early childhood education and development. This international panel provided an overall uniting theme, that throughout the world the hope for the survival and better life for children unites parents of every country and every creed. This is one of the most powerful and strongest motivational resources in the world. We need to recognize the power of this hope and address that hope, providing with a certain degree of humility that there exist no single model, and no single country has all the answers. By respecting the ideas of the many innovations and different approaches of women, parents, and families, we can find the answers. There is a clear need for national networks as well as for international networks, exchanges of information, sharing of experience, and mobilization of the social resources in advocating early childhood education and development for the world's children.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Garvis ◽  
Sivanes Phillipson ◽  
Heidi Harju-Luukkainen ◽  
Alicja Renata Sadownik

Author(s):  
Julia Rodríguez-Carrillo ◽  
Elena González-Alfaya ◽  
Rosario Mérida-Serrano ◽  
Mª Ángeles Olivares-García

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