Early Childhood Educational Research

Aubrey, Carol; David, Tricia; Godfrey, Ray; Thompson, Linda

doi:10.4324/9780203995877

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“…Children's perspectives are increasingly being seen as an important focus of educational research (Aubrey et al, 2000;Christensen and James, 2000;Greig and Taylor, 1999;Holmes, 1998;Lewis and Lindsay, 1999). Although recent studies have shown that exploring children's perspectives on their own learning can be illuminating, this approach does present methodological challenges (Burnett and Myers, 2002;Critchley, 2002;Marsh and Thompson, 2001).…”

Section: Methodological Issues Of Conducting Research With Child Partmentioning

confidence: 99%

Children’s Perspectives on Family Literacy: Methodological Issues, Findings and Implications for Practice

Nutbrown

Hannon

2003

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

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This article reports a study of family literacy practices from the perspectives of five-year-old children drawn from areas of social and economic deprivation in an English city. Methodological and ethical issues of interviewing young children are discussed. An interview survey (N = 71) found literacy activity reported in all homes; fathers involved in literacy with their children; and boys (as well as girls) involved in literacy activity. Findings were compared with those of a further randomly selected sample (N = 77) whose parents had participated in a family literacy programme. The comparison showed a modest, but consistent, increase in child-reported family literacy activity in the programme group, and concludes that the impact of a family literacy programme is discernible through children's perspectives. Implications for family literacy practices and the need for further research, including measures of children's literacy achievement and views of parents and the teachers participating in the programme, are identified.

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Section: Methodological Issues Of Conducting Research With Child Partmentioning

confidence: 99%

Children’s Perspectives on Family Literacy: Methodological Issues, Findings and Implications for Practice

Nutbrown

Hannon

2003

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

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“…The concept of ‘agency’ is commonly drawn upon to describe an individual’s perception that they have control over their life to influence events. As noted by Aubrey et al (2006), the child can be considered as an agent of its own and the world’s construction, but whose agency develops in the context of an unchanging social and historical praxis, which includes the ‘constraints and potentialities of nature, and the action of other agents’ (pp. 202–203).…”

Section: Early Childhood Rights Empowerment and Personal Agencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Promoting a balanced early years curriculum for young children with vision impairment: Developing and sustaining personal agency through a bioecological systems perspective

McLinden

Ravenscroft

Douglas³

et al. 2020

British Journal of Visual Impairment

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Through the use of their developing vision, young children develop increasingly sophisticated ways of establishing control within different learning environments, thereby helping them to exert influence as active ‘agents’. Vision impairment can present significant barriers to a child developing personal agency through reducing access to visual information. In this article, we present the parameters of a conceptual framework to inform the design of intervention approaches that can help to reduce these barriers. We draw on a dual model of ‘access’, contextualised within a bioecological systems perspective, to examine how young children with vision impairment can establish increasing personal agency through intervention approaches that promote progressive independence access skills within an ‘ethos of empowerment’. In presenting new conceptual foundations for examining the development of personal agency in young children with vision impairment, the article has significance for research, policy, and practice in vision impairment education and offers a theoretical reference point for related areas of early childhood inclusive education.

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“…Young children can be quite demonstrative in expressing their views, even if they do not verbally reject a researcher's presence or questions. They can, for example, move away from a person they do not wish to be near (Aubrey et al, 2000), refuse to answer questions, change the topic of conversation or in extreme cases be physically aggressive if they feel particularly unhappy about situations. The decision to adopt an ongoing process of assent whereby the child's acceptance of the researcher within the hospital spaces was taken as assent to participate in the research was considered appropriate.…”

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‘The people in the purple shirts’: Froebelian insights to a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital

Blackburn

2020

Journal of Early Childhood Research

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Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel (1782–1852) yearned to promote and foster the harmonious and holistic development of young children through a combination of outdoor activities, songs and games. His Mother Songs, with games and exercises for mothers and their infants, aimed to encourage the use of senses, limbs and body to increase body awareness and promote mental activity. This article reports on a qualitative interpretive study into the role of a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital where children on all wards are invited to participate in singing games and activities. An aim was to understand how the application of Froebelian principles can help us to understand and conceptualise children’s rights and well-being in restricted environments such as a Children’s Hospital. Methods included semi-structured interviews with a range of health and education professionals who support children in a children’s hospital in England. In contrast to previous largely quantitative studies relating to the transferable benefits of arts in health projects, the findings from this study suggest that participants value the human connectedness imbued by a Singing Medicine project to children, families and health professionals. Wider benefits for children’s holistic development and empowerment to make choices through participation in singing games were also raised.

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Early Childhood Educational Research

Cited by 29 publications

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Children’s Perspectives on Family Literacy: Methodological Issues, Findings and Implications for Practice

Children’s Perspectives on Family Literacy: Methodological Issues, Findings and Implications for Practice

Promoting a balanced early years curriculum for young children with vision impairment: Developing and sustaining personal agency through a bioecological systems perspective

‘The people in the purple shirts’: Froebelian insights to a Singing Medicine project in a children’s hospital

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