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Abstract
Whilst young children are affected by educational policy decisions based on research evidence, their abilities to make decisions based on evidence are often disregarded by policymakers and professional adult researchers. This article reports on elements of the Young Children As Researchers (YCAR) project, an interpretive empirical study that sought social justice in the field of early childhood by conceptualising ways in which young children aged four to eight years are researchers and may be considered to be researchers. Adopting a principled approach framed by a ‘jigsaw’ methodology, the YCAR study engaged professional adult researchers (n = 34), young children aged four to eight years (n = 138) and their practitioners (n= 15) in three English primary schools. Drawing on the study findings, this aticle argues that decision-making based on evidence is an important research behaviour undertaken by young children that deserves recognition by policymakers, practitioners and the academy as a potential vehicle for realising children’s participation rights.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 24:5 |
Pages (from-to) | 705-720 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | European Early Childhood Education Research Journal |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 2 Sept 2016 |
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Publication status | Published - 2 Sept 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Jane Murray is Associate Professor and Co-Director at the Centre for Education and Research, University of Northampton, UK. She has published extensively on early childhood education and social inclusion, and is Editor of the International Journal of Early Years Education.Keywords
- Young Children Are Researchers
- decision-making based on evidence
- early childhood
- epistemology
- jigsaw methodology
- young children’s participation rights
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Prof Jane Murray
- University of Northampton, Childhood, Youth and Families - Professor of Education
- Centre for Education and Research
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Magic Learning!
Murray, J. (Author)
24 Jun 2024Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Seminar/Workshop › Research
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Children and Teachers Co-construct Knowledge: Participatory Researchers in Education
Murray, J. (Author)
23 May 2024Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation › Research
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Young children’s research behaviours: teachers and parents as help or hindrance?
Murray, J. (Speaker)
13 Sept 2016 → 15 Sept 2016Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
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Young children’s capability as researchers
Murray, J. (Speaker)
6 May 2015Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Seminar/Workshop › Research