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Wild Things: Children as Researchers

conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-25, 01:17 authored by Rebecca ShelleyRebecca Shelley, Megan LangMegan Lang
In spite of excellent examples of child-led research, questions remain about the implications for childhood studies of children’s participation in what are often adult-designed research activities. In exploring the intertwined and chaotic nature of the social world that is child-led research, this paper will present some key concepts from the dialogic imagination of Mikhail Bakhtin. These concepts serve as a heuristic for examining ‘Tassie Researchers’, a 5-day children-as-researchers program conducted in a school in Australia. Experiences and observations of the program are unpacked and the different voices of the situation highlighted. This is followed by a discussion of findings and implications.

History

Publication title

Centre for Children's Rights Seminar Series 2021/22

Department/School

Peter Underwood Centre

Place of publication

Queen's University Belfast

Event title

Centre for Children's Rights Seminar Series 2021/22

Event Venue

online

Date of Event (Start Date)

2021-10-13

Date of Event (End Date)

2021-10-13

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Learner and learning not elsewhere classified