Listening to children's voices in educational research: Some theoretical and methodological problems

European Journal of Special Needs Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-166

  Tangen, Reidun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Insider epistemology; Interactionism; Participative methodology; Pupil experiences; Theory of the subject

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ADVOCACY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPISTEMOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SPECIAL EDUCATION; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 41049094000     PISSN: 08856257     EISSN: 1469591X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08856250801945956     Document Type: Article

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