The Methodspace focus for July 2022 is on Studying generations: Research with children, youth, or elderly participants. The Mentors in Residence for this month are Jessica Lester and Michelle O’Reilly. They discuss research with children in this interview.
Find a collection of posts about research across ages and abilities, with lots of open-access examples.
Ann Phoenix, Julia Brannen, Corinne Squire discuss their book, Researching Family Narratives.
How can you conduct online research with children and youth? Here are some open-access examples.
Dr. Maria Lahman offers practical advice for anyone interested in studying children, or engaging them as co-researchers.
What methods fit studies with older participants? This collection of open-access articles offers a range of options.
Louise Couceiro discusses lessons learned from an online study conducted with children.
Thinking about research with children and/or youth? Learn about different types of studies from this collection of articles.
This collection of open-access SAGE journal articles show a variety of creative and participatory methods used when studying youth.
The focus of this post is the co-researchers’ journey of working together as a co-operative inquiry research team. They highlight ways in which research can be inclusive and accessible to co-inquirers with intellectual disabilities who are new to research
Dr. Majbritt Lyck-Bowen used the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines to develop an instructional module she shared in this post: The Relationship between Theory and Practice.
This collection of open-access articles offers examples of studies by researchers with intellectual disabilities as well as studies that explore new ways of thinking about research with participants who have intellectual disabilities.
This collection of open-access articles offers examples of studies by researchers with disabilities as well as studies that explore new ways of thinking about research with participants who have disabilities.
Dr. Laura Berk discusses methodologies needed to study children and play.
In this interview Dr. Ewa Okla shares her experience and offers tips (and encouragement) to researchers with physical disabilities.
In this post Becky De Oliveira discusses lessons learned and practical tips based on her recent doctoral research with older research participants.
Emma Geen, Matthew Lariviere, and Helen Manchester discuss speculative storytelling workshops as a way to use creativity and collaboration to study attitudes towards ageing.
Every living person ages, yet ageism persists. This collection of open-access articles includes multidisciplinary studies of aging and ageism.
Conditions in the world are changing, so researchers need to be responsive to participants. Find a practical, thoughtful post from Dr. Sharon Ravitch.
Michelle O’Reilly and Jessica Lester discuss their research with children in this Methodspace interview.
In July 2022 we will explore research with young and old participants. We will consider methodological implications for studies with children and youth, active older adults and frail elderly. We will look at issues for age-diverse participants, and at ways to engage them as co-researchers. Learn about this month’s focus, then follow along for original posts, video interviews, and relevant resources.
In this guest post Catherine Collins describes ways to put action research principles into practice.
Andre Samuels reflects on his experiences as a Black doctoral student and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.
Researchers studying the experiences of youth can benefit from their perspectives. This post from high school students includes their tips for researchers.
What are some ethical issues to consider when seeking consent and planning research with children? Find recommendations and resources in this post.
Louise Couceiro discusses how she pivoted from a face-to-face to an online approach for a study with children.
Jessica Lester and Michelle O’Reilly discuss ethics in sensitive research with children and youth, and offer practical tips.