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dc.contributor.authorPeters, Sally
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Janette
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-20T01:52:25Z
dc.date.available2012-03-20T01:52:25Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationPeters, S. & Kelly, J. (2011). Exploring children's perspectives: Multiple ways of seeing and knowing the child. Waikato Journal of Education, 16(3), 19-30.en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1173-6135
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/6111
dc.description.abstractThis article focuses on human development in the early years, and the challenges for teachers and researchers in seeking to explore young children's perspectives. The current interest in listening to children's voices sits within competing developmental discourses about infants, toddlers and young children, which emphasise both their capability and confidence as well as their immaturity, especially with regard to oral language. Their "voice" can be heard and seen differently by teachers, researchers and families, who filter it according to their own perspectives and their image of the child. Drawing on a range of contemporary New Zealand studies, we discuss some key issues such as whether children need speech to have a voice? And in what ways can we gather children's perspectives in research and education? To explore children's perspectives and hear their voices requires skilled and flexible researchers and teachers, who watch and listen carefully whilst being mindful of their filtering/interpretive gazes. This takes time and patience and requires multiple ways of gathering data in order that the child is heard authentically.en_NZ
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFaculty of Education, University of Waikato.en_NZ
dc.rights© 2011 Waikato Journal of Education. It is posted here by permission for personal use.en_NZ
dc.subjectyoung childrenen_NZ
dc.subjectearly children educationen_NZ
dc.subjectchildren's voicesen_NZ
dc.subjectperspectivesen_NZ
dc.subjectrightsen_NZ
dc.titleExploring children's perspectives: Multiple ways of seeing and knowing the child.en_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.15663/wje.v16i3.32
dc.relation.isPartOfWaikato Journal of Educationen_NZ
pubs.begin-page19en_NZ
pubs.elements-id37169
pubs.end-page30en_NZ
pubs.issue3en_NZ
pubs.volume16en_NZ


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