Tensions, assumptions and situated ethics: Attuning to the unpredictability of ethics in early childhood research participation.
Hendry, H., Teszenyi, E., Rodriguez-Leon, L., Maynes, M. L., Dorrian, J., & Edwards, T. (2025). Tensions, assumptions and situated ethics: Attuning to the unpredictability of ethics in early childhood research participation. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 33(3), pp. 483–496. In this paper, members of the Open University Early Childhood research group share and discuss […]
Methods and ethics in qualitative research exploring young children’s voice: A systematic review.
Sun, Y., Blewitt, C., Edwards, S., Fraser, A., Newman, S., Cornelius, J., & Skouteris, H. (2023). Methods and ethics in qualitative research exploring young children’s voice: A systematic review. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. This systematic review examined studies that sought to capture young children’s (3–6 years) voice in Early Childhood Education and Care […]
Negotiating power dynamics through co- reflexivity in research with young children in disadvantaged communities.
El Gemayel, S.M., & Salema, Y. (2023). Negotiating power dynamics through co‐reflexivity in research with young children in disadvantaged communities. Children & Society, 37(5), pp. 1596-1611. Abstract: This paper addresses how unequal power dynamics in research with young children in disadvantaged communities can be negotiated through co-reflexivity. It explores this through two different projects, the […]
Researcher positionality in eliciting young children’s perspectives.
Patton, K. & Winter, K. (2023). Researcher positionality in eliciting young children’s perspectives, Journal of Early Childhood Research, 21(3), pp. 303-313. Abstract: Research that uses innovative approaches to elicit the views of young children has grown hugely over the last 20 years. Against a backdrop of a greater acceptance of children’s rights and sociological approaches to […]
A cultural-historical exploration of relational ethics in research involving children.
Quinones, G., Rutanen, N., & Revilla, Y. L. (2023). A cultural-historical exploration of relational ethics in research involving children. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 42, Art No: 100756. Abstract: Participatory studies involving children are a growing topic of debate concerning research on early childhood education and care (ECEC). Developments in ethnographic methods and the use […]
Relational ethics-in-action: Learning from naturalistic video observations of infants, toddlers, and their teachers.
Jia, A.C., Cooper, M., & Gould, K. (2023). Relational ethics-in-action: Learning from naturalistic video observations of infants, toddlers, and their teachers. The First Years, Ngā Tau Tuatara: New Zealand Journal of Infant and Toddler Education, 25(1), pp.32-36. Abstract: In the context of researching the real lives of infants, toddlers, and their teachers in early childhood […]
‘But, what is a researcher?’ Developing a novel ethics resource to support informed consent with young children.
Truscott, J. & Benton, L. (2024). ‘But, what is a researcher?’ Developing a novel ethics resource to support informed consent with young children. Children’s Geographies, 22(3), pp. 396-403. Abstract: Young children are generally unfamiliar with the notion of research, which can generate ethical discomfort when seeking their consent to participate in it. Taking informed consent […]
Social research and the privacy and participation of children: Reflections on researching Australian children’s playlore.
Darian‐Smith, K., & Henningham, N. (2014). Social research and the privacy and participation of children: Reflections on researching Australian children’s playlore. Children & Society, 28(4), pp. 327-338. Abstract: Social research into the daily activities of children is important if we are to understand how children perceive themselves in relationship to their world. Ethically managed social […]
Negotiating power dynamics through co‐reflexivity in research with young children in disadvantaged communities.
El Gemayel, S. M., & Salema, Y. (2023). Negotiating power dynamics through co‐reflexivity in research with young children in disadvantaged communities. Children & Society, 37(5), pp. 1596-1611. Abstract: This paper addresses how unequal power dynamics in research with young children in disadvantaged communities can be negotiated through co-reflexivity. It explores this through two different projects, […]
Ethical provocations for early childhood research.
Flewitt, R. (2022). Ethical provocations for early childhood research. In Kumpulainen, K., Kajama, A., Erstad, O., Mäkitalo, Å., Drotner, K., & Jakobsdóttir, S. (Eds.). Nordic Childhoods in the Digital Age, Chapter 19 (pp. 207-213). Routledge: Oxon / New York. ISBN: 9780367702526. Book description: This book adds to the international research literature on contemporary Nordic childhoods […]