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Doing Your Early Years Research Project: A Step by Step Guide

Fourth Edition
by Guy Roberts-Holmes

Journal Articles

Chapter 1: You can do research!

Chase, J. D. et al. (2013) Time management strategies for research productivity. Western Journal of Nursing Research 35(2), 155-176.

Chapter 2: Your research story, methodology and research questions

Dillon, J. T. (1984) The classification of research questions. Review of Educational Research 54(3), 327-361.

Chapter 3: Writing your literature review

Winchester, C. L. & Salji, M. (2016) Writing a literature review. Journal of Clinical Urology 9(5), 308-312.

Chapter 4: Ethical issues in early childhood research

Marsh, J. (2012) Children as knowledge brokers of playground games and rhymes in the new media age. Childhood 19(4), 508-522.

Lambert, V. & Glacken, M. (2011) Engaging with children in research: Theoretical and practical implications of negotiating informed consent/assent. Nursing Ethics 18(6), 781-801.

James, A. (2001) Ethnography in the study of children and childhood, in Atkinson, P. et al. (eds.) Handbook of Ethnography, 246-257.

Chapter 5: Designing your research

Newton, P. & Burgess, B. (2008) Exploring types of educational action research: Implications for research validity. International Journal of Qualitative Methods 7(4), 18-30.

Flyvbjerg, B. (2006) Five misunderstandings about case-study research. Qualitative Inquiry 12(2), 219-245.

Sills, S. J. & Song, C. (2002) Innovations in survey research: An application of web-based surveys. Social Science Computer Review 20(1), 22-30.

Chapter 6: Creative listening with young children

Clark, A. & Statham, J. (2005) Listening to young children: Experts in their own lives. Adoption & Fostering 29(1), 45-56.

Farver, J. A. M. et al. (2000) Within cultural differences: Examining individual differences in Korean American and European American preschoolers’ social pretend play. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 31(5), 583-602.

Clark, A. (2011) Multimodal map making with young children: Exploring ethnographic and participatory methods. Qualitative Research 11(3), 311-330.

Chapter 7: Observation: Looking and listening

Halle, J. W. & Sindelar, P. T. (1982) Behavioral observation methodologies for early childhood education. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education 2(1), 43-54.

Shin, M. (2010) Peeking at the relationship world of infant friends and caregivers. Journal of Early Childhood Research 8(3), 294-302.

Chapter 8: Writing and using questionnaires

Michalopoulou, C. (2017) Likert scales require validation before application – Another cautionary tale. Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique 134, 5-23.

Slattery, E. L. (2011) A practical guide to surveys and questionnaires. Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery 144(6), 831-837.

Chapter 9: Interviewing children and adults

Danby, S. et al. (2011) The novice researcher: Interviewing young children. Qualitative Inquiry 17(1), 74-84.

Rapley, T. J. (2001) The art(fulness) of open-ended interviewing: Some considerations on analysing interviews. Qualitative Research 1(3), 303-323.

Chapter 10: Analysing your qualitative and quantitative data findings

Niemcryk, S. J. & Glascoff, D. W. (1997) Considerations in presenting, interpreting, and reviewing research findings. Journal of Transplant Coordination 7(1), 41-47.

Robins, C. S. & Eisen, K. (2017) Strategies for the effective use of NVivo in a large-scale study: Qualitative analysis and the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’. Qualitative Inquiry 23(10), 768-778.

Chapter 11: Writing up your research project

Queen, R. & Squires, L. (2011) Writing a dissertation. Journal of English Linguistics 39(3), 300-305.

Williams, M. (2000) Interpretivism and generalisation. Sociology 34(2), 209-224.

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