Methodological immaturity in childhood research?: Thinking through 'participatory methods'

Childhood

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 499-516

  Gallacher, Lesley Anne ^a,c   Gallagher, Michael ^b  

^a Open University

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Becoming; Childhood research; Immaturity; Methodology; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649148540     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568208091672     Document Type: Article

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