Child-Led Research with Young Children: Challenging the Ways to Do Research

Child-led research is gaining increasing attention. Such research involves children leading throughout the research process, from research design to dissemination. Child-led research has tested adult-centric research assumptions, with debates in the literature about researchers’ expertise and respon...

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Published in:	Social Sciences
Main Authors:	E. Kay M. Tisdall, Emma Clarkson, Lynn J. McNair
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-12-01
Subjects:	child-led research child researchers childhood participation early childhood Froebel
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/1/9

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