SOSC 1800 Lecture Notes - Qualitative Inquiry, Cultural Artifact, Grounded Theory
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Children in canada today: chapter 3 summary doing research on and with children. Research methods is beneficial knowledge even for those who don t end up in a career that requires research. Many of us trust experts unquestioningly because numbers confound us but not all research uses numbers and not all numbers are valid and informative. Numbers can be intimidating as well, so many of us find ourselves accepting the truth as computed by scientists. From adult perspectives (research about children) to children s voice (research with and by. Much of what we know about children today comes from adults: reflecting upon their own experiences as children or reporting on the experiences of children for whom they have responsibility as parents, guardians, teachers, etc. Children have not taken participated in research because of the obvious power differences between adult researchers and children and for fear that children will be intimidated or coerced.