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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Research with children"”.
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Research with children under three : their rights to participate in planning the curriculum in early years settings in Greece and England
This thesis poses a number of questions about research and pedagogy with young children under three, with a particular focus on the opportunities for children’s ‘voices’ to be heard and for them to participate in the planning of the curriculum in early years’ settings. The persistent division …
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Peer Relationship Processes and Children's Loneliness at School
… as loneliness. Suggestions are made for future research, including intervention research with children having peer relationship problems.
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Perspectives on mental health and the role of schools
… health, ways in which the mental health of children and young people can be promoted or demoted, and the role that schools have in this area. Transfer from primary to secondary school has been identified as a vulnerable time for pupils. Consequently, an empirical research study was designed …
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Improving Validity and Reliability in Children’s Self Reports of Technology Use
Researchers working in child computer interaction are constantly seeking new methods and new techniques that will enable them to carry out more valid and more reliable research. Much of this research typically considers the design and development of new products and of new interactive techniques …
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Neoliberal agency, relational agency, and the representation of the agentic child in the Sociology of Childhood
… 6 years (2013-2019) and collectively is situated within, and at the intersection of the fields of sociology and childhood studies. In these works I interrogate the canonical concept of agency and I argue that the inherent contradictions of how agency is conceptualised, has more to do with the …
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Early Development of Auditory-Verbal and Visual-Spatial Short-Term Memory: Age and Sex Effects
… information presented in different modalities. Research on memory development has shown that the memory capacity and the processes improve gradually from early childhood to adolescence. Findings related to the sex-differences in memory abilities in early childhood have been inconsistent. …
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The social construction of risk in child trafficking discourses: A study of melodramatic tactics in child trafficking narratives
… is a term used to define situations where children are forced, coerced or tricked to migrate for the purpose of their future exploitation. The issue of child trafficking is a well established UK policy concern initially emerging in the seventeenth century. The issue re-appeared in the late …
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Towards an anthropology of childhood sickness : an ethnographic study of Danish schoolchildren
This thesis is an analytical ethnography of children, aged between six and twelve, who live in Vanlose, a local district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The data were produced during fourteen months of fieldwork in the children's homes, their local school and two after school centres. The methodological …
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Reforming the legal framework for clinical trials with neonates in Ireland: a children’s rights approach
… regulatory framework regarding clinical trials with neonates in Ireland from a children’s rights perspective, as derived from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 (UN CRC) and its supporting instruments. The focus on neonates in the thesis is due to the particular need for clinical …
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Children under three in Greek day-care relationships with adults, peers and environment
This thesis explores the experiences of ten children aged one year four months to two years eleven months old in two Greek day-care nurseries, with the aim of informing thinking about the future development of policy and practice in relation to Greek Early Childhood Education and Care (henceforth …
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The participation of disabled children, young people and their parents in health and social care decisions
There is an increasing expectation that children, young people and their parents should participate in decisions that affect them. This includes decisions about their health and social care and collective or public decisions about the way in which services are designed, delivered and evaluated. …
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Capturing what is of value to children : a study exploring the challenges, advantages and issues of participatory research with 5 and 6 year olds
Listening to young children in order to elicit their views, consider their perceptions, and act upon their ideas has become increasingly prominent in policy and research with children. Momentum has gathered in this area since the 1989 United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child and the …
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Interpreting the musical cultures of children in Ireland: an ethnography exploring children’s perspectives and voices in middle childhood experiences of music in Cork
… cultures that are experienced and constructed by children in various in-school and out-of-school contexts in Ireland. Situated in the wider context of children’s rights in Ireland, its rationale is directly informed by the The National Research Strategy, Our Children –Their Lives 2000-2010 (2000) …
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Transformative lines: a mapping approach to explore urban imaginaries and opportunities for socially sustainable change in Beirut, Lebanon
… physical and institutional transformation. Within this context, persistent disconnections often exist between formal urban development initiatives and the lived realities and aspirations of local communities, particularly those who may be considered marginalised residents. This thesis …
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Symptom Dimensions and Neurocognitive Functioning in Adult ADHD
… symptom dimensions and subtypes identified in research with children are valid for adults. Firm symptom criteria validated by data from adult samples have not been developed. Moreover, many clinic-referred adults present with attentional complaints and exhibit symptoms, neurocognitive …
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“Me, my selfie and I”: an exploration of subjectivity and identity portrayal in the social media use of 10-and 11-year-olds
This study explores how children of 10 and 11 years old, so-called ‘tweens’, experience social media use within digital spaces and how they make sense of their digital identities. Using social media is a widespread phenomenon and plays a significant role in modern life. Notably, there is little …
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Conjugate-lateral eye movement behavior in later childhood
… of hemispheric specialization of the brain upon children's cognitive processing and therefore, upon content or modes of instruction. Before educators can accept or even test these statements, it is important to devise easy-to-use measures of hemispheric functioning and to study their relationship …
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Game for Health: Development and Evaluation of eHealth Interventions for Addressing the Psychological Needs of Children and Young People with Long-Term Physical Conditions
Background: Around 10%–12% of children and young people experience long-term physical conditions (LTPC or chronic illness) and are at greater risk of developing psychological problems, especially anxiety and depression. These psychological problems are often under-recognised and access to …