ECED 407 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8.1: Participatory Action Research, Multiple Dispatch, Lev Vygotsky
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Young children as protagonists and the role of participatory, visual methods in engaging multiple perspectives. Ubc library permalink (links to an external site. ) Young children as protagonists and the role of participatory, visual. Firstly, the role of young children in participatory action research is considered with examples taken from studies adopting the mosaic approach. Secondly, the influence of this approach on the role of adults in the research process is considered, both in terms of the researcher and the research audience. Christensen and james (2008) and mayall (2008) have been among those authors who have articulated a view of the child as an active participant in the research process with unique insights to offer about their lives. A second impetus for re-evaluating the role of children and adults in research has come from. The adoption of participatory methods within childhood research sets out in a similar way: to acknowledge questions of power in the research process.
