EDUC5862M
Module Reading List
Dr Gill Main
G.Main@leeds.ac.uk
Tutor information is taken from the Module Catalogue
- Some general readings:
- Week 1: Introduction to the module
- Week 2: Ethnography with children and young people
- Week 3: Ethical research with children and young people
- Week 3 workshop: Qualitative and creative interviews with children and young people
- Week 4: Survey methods with children and young people
- Week 5: Longitudinal Design and Cross-sectional Studies
- Week 5 workshop: Designing Questionnaires
- Week 6 Creative methods with children and young people
- Week 7: Identifying topcis and questions, study design
- Week 7 workshop: Writing the research proposal
- Week 8: Doing qualitative analysis
- Week 9: Intervention and evaluation studies
- Week 10: Assignment preparation
- Week 11: Writing in social research
Some general readings:
Bryman, A. (2016) Social Research Methods. Oxford: OUP.
Christensen, P. and James, A. (2008/2017) Research with children. London: Routledge
Francis, S. and Lewis, V. (2004) Doing research with children and young people ISBN: 0761943811 (pbk.) : £18.99; 0761943803. London: Sage.
Grieg, A.. Taylor, J. and MacKay, (2007) Doing research with children : a practical guide. ISBN: 9780857028860 (pbk.); 9780857028853 (hbk.); 0857028855 (hbk.); 0857028863 (pbk.). London: Sage.
Lewis, A. and Lindsay, G. (eds) (2000) Researching children's perspectives ISBN: 0335202799 (pb); 0335202802, Buckingham: Open University Press.
Sargeant, J. and Harcourt, D. (2012) Doing ethical research with children [electronic resource] ISBN: 0335246427 ¹22.99; 9780335246427 ¹22.99; 0335246435; 9780335246434. Open University Press.
Week 1: Introduction to the module
Christensen P and James A. (eds) (2008) Research with Children: Perspectives and Practices. London: RoutledgeFalmer. Second edition.
Punch, S. (2002) ‘Research with children: the same or different’, Childhood. ISSN: 0907-5682, 9 (3): 321-341.
Further reading
Christensen, P. and Prout, A. (2002) ‘Working with ethical symmetry in social research with children’. Childhood. ISSN: 0907-5682, 9 (4) 477-497.
Week 2: Ethnography with children and young people
Christensen, P. (2004b) ‘Children’s participation in ethnographic research: issues of power and representation,’ Children & society. ISSN: 0951-0605, 18 (2): 165-176.
Corsaro, W. (2017) 'A reflection on a longitudinal ethnography of early education in Italy' in P. Christensen and A. James (eds) Research with Children: Perspectives and Practices. Taylor and Francis.
Montgomery, H. (2014) 'Participant Observation', In A. Clark, R. Flewitt, M. Hammersley and M. Robb (eds) Understanding research with children and young people ISBN: 9781446274934 (pbk.) : £25.99; 9781446274927 (hbk.) : £75.00, London: Open University/Sage: 122-135.
Week 3: Ethical research with children and young people
Sargeant, J. and Harcourt, D. (2012) Doing ethical research with children [electronic resource] . Open University Press.
Christensen, P. and Prout, A. (2002) 'Working in ethical symmetry in social research with children'. In Childhood vol.9 no.4 pp477-497. (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0907568202009004007)
Week 3 workshop: Qualitative and creative interviews with children and young people
Elden, S. (2013) ‘Inviting the Messy: Drawing Methods and “Children’s Voices” ’, Childhood. ISSN: 0907-5682, 20 (1): 66–81.
Creative Intervierwing (Professor Jennifer Mason) https://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/morgan-centre/research/resources/videos/creative-interviewing/
Week 4: Survey methods with children and young people
You may be interested in looking around the website of an international survey developed with children, collecting data from children: www.isciweb.org
See also chapters on quantative research in Bryman's textbook (above)
Week 5: Longitudinal Design and Cross-sectional Studies
See Bryman's chapters on mixed methods research
Week 5 workshop: Designing Questionnaires
Week 6 Creative methods with children and young people
Gallacher L. and Gallagher, M. (2008) ‘Methodological immaturity in childhood research? Thinking through ‘participatory methods’’, Childhood. ISSN: 0907-5682 15 (4,): 499–516.
Clark, A. and Moss, P. (2001) Listening to Young Children: the MOSAIC approach. London: National Children’s Bureau.
Clark, A. (2014) Developing and Adapting the Mosaic Approach, In A. Clark, R. Flewitt, M. Hammersley and M. Robb (eds) Understanding research with children and young people ISBN: 9781446274934 (pbk.) : £25.99; 9781446274927 (hbk.) : £75.00, London: Open University/Sage: pp.200-209. Available as an Online Course Reading in Minerva
Working with children in Face to Face (project at Sussex) https://www.ncrm.ac.uk/resources/podcasts/mp3/NCRM_podcast_LiamBerriman.mp3
Further reading:
Mason, J. (2011) Understanding Social Research. London: Sage. (chapter 2 Experimenting with qualitative methods).
Week 7: Identifying topcis and questions, study design
Please identify and have a look at one or two articles reporting original research, which address a topic you are interested in. Consider in particular the methods used.
Week 7 workshop: Writing the research proposal
Bell, J. (2010) Doing your research project (5th edition). Maidenhead: Open University Press. https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991013346629705181&context=L&vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&lang=en&search_scope=My_Inst_CI_not_ebsco&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=AlmostEverything&query=any,contains,writing%20a%20research%20proposal%20social%20science&sortby=date_d&facet=frbrgroupid,include,9001304922939134375&offset=0
Carlisle, C. (1994) 'Writing a research proposal'. In Nurse Researcher vol.2 no.1 pp24-33. https://journals.rcni.com/doi/full/10.7748/nr.2.1.24.s4. NB although this is in a nursing journal, it contains some very helpful advice for writing a research proposal.
Week 8: Doing qualitative analysis
Kiernan, M. D. and Hill, M. (2018) 'Framework analysis: A whole paradigm approach'. In Qualitative Research Journal vol.18 no.3 pp248-261. https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=emerald_s10.1108%2FQRJ-D-17-00008&context=PC&vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&lang=en&search_scope=My_Inst_CI_not_ebsco&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=AlmostEverything&query=any,contains,framework%20analysis&offset=0
Srivastava, A. and Thomson, S. B. (2009) 'Framework Analysis: A qualitative methodology for applied policy research'. Joaag vol.4 no.2. http://research.apc.org/images/a/ad/Framework_analysis.pdf
Week 9: Intervention and evaluation studies
Week 10: Assignment preparation
Week 11: Writing in social research
Becker, H. (2007) Writing for Social Scientists. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. (chapter 1 in particular).
Gillan, D. J., Wickens, C. D., Hollands, J. G. and Carswell, C. M. (1998) 'Guidelines for presenting quantitative data'. In Human Factors vol.40 no.1 pp28-41. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Hollands/publication/220457627_Guidelines_for_Presenting_Quantitative_Data_in_HFES_Publications/links/09e415113d305da197000000/Guidelines-for-Presenting-Quantitative-Data-in-HFES-Publications.pdf
Hammersley, M. and Atkinson, P. (2003) Ethnography: Principles in Practice. London: Routledge. (Chapter 9 Writing ethnography).
Mason, J. (2018) Qualitative researching. London: Sage. (chapter 9, Making Convincing Arguments with Qualitative Data). Available as an Online Course Reading in Minerva
This list was last updated on 10/10/2019