Hargreaves, E;
(2021)
Life-history research with children: Extending and enriching the approach.
Children & Society
(In press).
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Abstract
This article explores the life-history research approach, outlining its key aims and traditions. It suggests that what is often missing from life-history research is the inclusion of young children as life-history participants. This paper considers some innovative means for constructing children's life-histories across 5 years of their primary schooling in Britain. These include interviews based on activities, games, role-play, pictures and filming, and photography. The article concludes by narrating a short life-history of one child who is a participant in our life-history study of 23 ‘lower-attaining’ children. To close, I consider the critical role of life-history research in highlighting social injustice.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Life-history research with children: Extending and enriching the approach |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12528 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 The Authors. Children & Society published by National Children's Bureau and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | joys and suffering, life-history, lower-attaining children, Nancy Fraser, subjective |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10140426 |
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