{"product_id":"researching-children-and-childhoods-sarah-richards-9781350043213","title":"Researching Children and Childhoods: A Reflexive Dissertation Companion","description":"\u003cb\u003eJunior researchers in the field of childhood studies are often faced with many challenges that accompany research with young participants.\u003c\/b\u003e Methodological concepts, such as research relationships, positionality, self-disclosure and reflexivity can sometimes become subordinate to more practical and procedural concerns. \u003ci\u003eResearching Children and Childhoods\u003c\/i\u003e frames these themes not as problems but as opportunities to deepen and strengthen research discussions and analysis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding students with a guide to support their ventures into research with children and young people, this book offers practical advice on writing a thesis\/dissertation and will enable readers to: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - confidently reflect on the ethical issues embedded in their own projects and recognise them as opportunities for discussion within their dissertations or thesis\u003cbr\u003e - demystify the role of methodologies and position them as essential tools for their research\u003cbr\u003e - consider the efficacy of concepts such as agency, autonomy, participation, subjectivity, and voice as ways of understanding childhood and children's lived experiences\u003cbr\u003e - use ideas such as positionality, self-disclosure and category entitlement to recognise the integral role of researcher identity and relationships in the construction of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e - use 'I' authoritatively when writing about their own research without reducing content to descriptive, opinion based discussions\u003cbr\u003e - situate their research by exploring the context in which the research takes place and the power relations embedded within participants and researcher relationships\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Each chapter includes a variety of researcher experiences, vignette examples, and specific activities, aimed at applying the key themes represented in this volume into research dissertations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Richards, Sarah Coombs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350043214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350043213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d","brand":"Sarah Richards","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47087582576895,"sku":"9781350043213","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8117a0ea-2f85-41f2-a2ab-fb6c53fe645e.jpg?v=1753850287","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/researching-children-and-childhoods-sarah-richards-9781350043213","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}