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Research Methods in Early Childhood
An Introductory Guide
Fifth Edition
- Penny Mukherji
- Deborah Albon - University of Roehampton, UK
- Karen Boardman - Edge Hill University, UK
Other Titles in:
Early Childhood Education | Educational Research Methods | Research Methods (General)
Early Childhood Education | Educational Research Methods | Research Methods (General)
February 2026 | 400 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Designed to support your early childhood studies this is the companion for your research journey. Structured to follow key topics as you encounter them on your course, this book leads you through the concepts and processes needed to design and carry out successful and ethical early childhood research.
This fifth edition includes:
- New coverage of the ethics of power dynamics in research and using focus group workshops and zines as research tools.
- Guidance on how to develop your online researcher presence.
- Research in Focus boxes, which introduce you to real world examples of research from around the world.
- Activities to help strengthen your knowledge and understanding of research.
- Case Studies, drawn from real student research projects, which demonstrate best practice approaches to your course research.
Introduction
Part I: Planning Your Research Study
Chapter 1. Research Design
Chapter 2. The Research Proposal
Chapter 3. Reviewing the Literature
Part II: Paradigms and Principles
Chapter 4. Positivist Research
Chapter 5. Critical Theories
Chapter 6. Ethics
Chapter 7. Listening to Young Children
Part III: Approaches to Research
Chapter 8. Surveys
Chapter 9. Case Studies
Chapter 10. Action Research
Part IV: Methods
Chapter 11. Observation
Chapter 12. Interviews
Chapter 13. Questionnaires
Chapter 14. Using Documents and Visual Texts
Chapter 15. Journaling as a Research Tool
Chapter 16. Creative Methods for ‘Listening’ to Children and embedding The Voice of the Child in Research
Part V: Analysing and Sharing Your Findings
Chapter 17. Analysing and Presenting Quantitative Data
Chapter 18. Qualitative Methods of Data Analysis
Chapter 19. Writing up and Sharing Your Findings
Conclusion
