Towards a sociology of 10-12 year olds? Emerging methodological issues in the 'new' social studies of childhood

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3315489
AutoresSally Mcnamee (King’s University College at The University of Western Ontario, Canada), Julie Seymour (0000-0002-9384-2551, University of Hull)
Ano2013
Volume20
Fascículo2
Páginas156-168
Data de publicação2013-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoChildhood (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0907568212461037
OpenAlexW2170503619
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas33
Referências citadas15

This article reports on an analysis of 320 empirical research articles published between 1993 and 2010 in three of the leading 'childhood' journals. The study looked to establish the potential samples used in accounts of empirical research studies with children; and to explore the methodology employed. The first part of this article outlines why a consideration of the ages used in childhood research is worthy of investigation. This addresses technical, methodological and epistemological dimensions of the area. It then goes on to discuss the results of our investigations. The guiding question was 'who are the children in the social study of childhood?', and the authors conclude that there is an over-focus on a particular age group

Childhood studies · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Empirical research · Epistemology · Social science · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology