Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Description
Based on the data from our edited book Research through Play: Participatory Methods in Early Childhood, this presentation offers an insight into the complicated world of research with very young children, using play inspired methods and methodologies. As progress continues to be made in terms of children’s rights and the understanding that children are capable and competent individuals, it seems logical that children should not be excluded from research data; particularly data pertaining to them. Yet the process requires nuanced and reflexive approaches to data collection in order to maintain the highest ethical standards and research rigor. In this presentation I share some examples of what these research approaches can look like with children in early childhood, while also articulating the tensions and dilemmas of conducting this work.