Using the Narrative Approach to informed consent to empower young children and their educators
You can download this case study as a pdf here. Conducting research with young children is a complex process with many stakeholders and ethical considerations to navigate. One of the most enduring challenges we tend to encounter is how to engage young children in a meaningful way, and how to bring rights-based theory and children’s […]
Rereading assent in critical literacy research with young children.
Rogers, R., & Labadie, M. (2018). Rereading assent in critical literacy research with young children. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 18(3), pp. 396-427. In this paper, the authors report on their efforts to make the assent process an educative experience for children in a critical literacy Kindergarten classroom with the aim of improving the children’s […]
Tensions and challenges concerning ethics on video research with young children – Experiences from an international collaboration among seven countries.
Rutanen, N., de Souza Amorim, K., Marwick, H., & White, J. (2018). Tensions and challenges concerning ethics on video research with young children – Experiences from an international collaboration among seven countries. Video Journal of Education and Pedagogy, 3(1), pp. 1-14. This paper shares insights from a collaborative study across seven countries, drawing particular attention […]
Using Video in Research with young children, teachers and parents: Entanglements of possibility, risk and ethical responsibility: Profiling emerging research innovations.
Haggerty, M. (2020). Using Video in Research with Young Children, Teachers and Parents: Entanglements of Possibility, Risk and Ethical Responsibility: Profiling Emerging Research Innovations. Video Journal of Education and Pedagogy, 5(1), pp. 1-15. Abstract: This article draws on research conducted for the author’s PhD study and concepts in semiotic multimodality and relational materialism (Barad, 2007; […]
A hierarchical model of children’s research participation rights based on information, understanding, voice, and influence.
Mayne, F., Howitt, C., & Rennie, L. J. (2018). A hierarchical model of children’s research participation rights based on information, understanding, voice, and influence. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 26(5), pp. 644-656. This paper introduces a hierarchical model of children’s (3- to 8-year olds) research participation rights that builds on work by Roger Hart […]
Ethical issues in child research: Caution of ethical drift.
Enochsson, A.-B., & Löfdahl Hultman, A. (2019). Ethical issues in child research: Caution of ethical drift. In V. Margrain & A. Löfdahl Hultman (Eds.), Challenging Democracy in Early Childhood Education: Engagement in Changing Global Contexts (pp. 27-39). Singapore: Springer Singapore. Abstract: The background for this study is the emphasis on ethical considerations in child research […]
Using critically reflexive ethics in practice to address issues of representation in children’s rights-based research.
Gaches, S. (2020). Using critically reflexive ethics in practice to address issues of representation in children’s rights-based research. Global Studies of Childhood, 12(4), pp.374-386. This article reflects on the process of trying to put children’s rights into practice in research in early childhood. It documents the researcher’s extensive efforts to engage with critically reflexive ethics […]
Children as research consultants: The ethics and rights of no research about them without consulting with them.
Gaches, S., & Gallagher, M. (2019). Children as research consultants: The ethics and rights of no research about them without consulting with them. In J. Murray, B. Blue Swadener, & S. Kylie (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Young Children’s Rights. London: Routledge. eBook ISBN: 978-03671-4202-5.
Embedding young children’s participation rights into research: How the interactive narrative approach enhances meaningful participation.
Mayne, F., & Howitt, C. (2019). Embedding young children’s participation rights into research: How the interactive narrative approach enhances meaningful participation. International Journal of Early Childhood, 51(3), pp. 335-353. This research explored how young children’s research participation can be enhanced when an interactive narrative approach is embedded within research to enhance children’s consent to participation […]
Children’s competence and wellbeing in sensitive research: When video-stimulated accounts lead to dispute.
Theobald, M., & Danby, S. J. (2019). Children’s competence and wellbeing in sensitive research: When video-stimulated accounts lead to dispute. In J. Lamerichs, S. J. Danby, A. Bateman, & S. Ekberg (Eds.), Children and Mental Health Talk: Perspectives on Social Competence (pp. 137-166). Cham: Springer International Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-030-28426-8. Chapter Abstract: Children’s perspectives in research […]