Doing early childhood research [electronic resource] : international perspectives on theory and practice.

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Published: Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2010.
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Format: Electronic eBook
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  • Part Title; Title Page; Contents; List of tables and figures; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: The nature of research; 1 Research as a tool; 2 The research process; 3 Paradigms, methods and knowledge; 4 Doing research as a beginning researcher; 5 Ethics in early childhood research; 6 Indigenous research; Part II: Analysis and design; 7 Design issues; 8 Quantitative designs and statistical analysis; 9 Qualitative designs and analysis; 10 Equity and research design; 11 Mixed-method designs; 12 Designing to scale: When size matters; Part III: The research process in action

  • 13 Surveys and questionnaires: An evaluative case study14 Interviewing young children; 15 Interviewing adults in an Indigenous community; 16 An ethnographic approach to researching young children's learning; 17 Action research; 18 Direct observation; 19 Case study; 20 Quasi-experimental research; Appendix 1: Getting our terms right; Glossary; Index;