This is a book which I will return to over time. It carries a powerful, and empowering, message about the task of researching children's views...(It) deserves to find an automatic place in staffroom libraries. I happily recommed it. - Support for LearningThe 1990s have been marked by a growing emphasis, in various professional contexts, on obtaining the views of clients, including children. This position is an international one, shared across the developed world, and encapsulated in the UN Convention on the rights of the child. This book addresses the issues and practicalities surrounding the obtaining of children's views, particularly in the research context. The book takes a deliberately and explicitly pluralist stance. Its distinctiveness rests on the scrutiny of methodological issues pertaining to the collection of children's views and practical applications. The book is structured around two main sections. Section 1 examines five aspects of theoretical and conceptual issues (ethical issues and codes of conduct, children's rights, the legal perspective, developmental dimensions and sociological issues). Section 2 illustrates these aspects by focusing on methods and applications in obtaining children's views in specific projects.The book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in psychology, social sciences, education, health and law. It will also be of value to a range of professionals involved in eliciting children's views (e.g. psychologists, teachers, social workers, medical workers and the police).
Section one: Theoretical and conceptual issues Introduction Researching children's perspectives ethical issues The United Nations Convention on the rights of the child giving children a voice Researching children's perspectives legal issues Researching children's perspectives a psychological dimension Researching children's perspectives a sociological dimension Section two: Practical applications Children and young people and care proceedings A matter of life and death a reflective account of two examples of practitioner research into children's understanding and experience of death and bereavement The educational self-perception of children with Down syndrome Research involving children with severe learning difficulties Let's do it properly inviting children to be researchers Researching 8-13 year olds' perspectives on their experience of religion A 'risky' business researching the health beliefs of children and young children Collecting the views of young people with moderate learning difficulties Falling out of school a young woman's reflections on her chequered experience of schooling Section three: Overview Appendices References Index.
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