The authors have collated a list of free journal articles to deepen your understanding of the key topics outlined in each chapter. Some articles are supported by helpful abstracts and critical thinking questions.

Article 1: Brooker, L. (2011) ‘Taking children seriously: an alternative agenda for research?’, Journal of Early Childhood Research, 9: 137–49

Article 2: Rosen, R. (2010) ‘“We got our heads together and came up with a plan”: young children’s perceptions of curriculum development in one Canadian preschool’, Journal of Early Childhood Research, 8(1): 89–108 

Article 3: Punch, S. (2002) ‘Research with children: the same or different from research with adults?’, Childhood, 9(3): 321–41 

This article encourages the reader to think about the ways in which research may or may not be different when researching with children as opposed to adults.