Naked by the pool? blurring the image? ethical issues in the portrayal of young children in arts-based educational research

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-14

  Nutbrown, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arts based educational research; children; ethics; photographs

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650235092     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800410389437     Document Type: Article

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