Exploring the foundations of visual methods used in research with children

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 936-946

  Lipponen, Lasse ^a   Rajala, Antti ^a   Hilppö, Jaakko ^a   Paananen, Maiju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

artifacts; children's experiences and perspectives; children's participation; sociocultural theory; visual methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937820633     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350293X.2015.1062663     Document Type: Article

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