Research with children and young people: Exploring the tensions between ethics, competence and participation

Children's Geographies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-36

  Skelton, Tracey ^a,b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Children and young people; Dilemmas of research practice; Ethical frameworks; Rights to participate

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949123898     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280701791876     Document Type: Article

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