Islam (2024)
When designing research for children, researchers must be aware of this ‘imbalance’ and aim to cultivate a research environment where children feel safe and comfortable to freely share their thoughts.
What is child-researcher power imbalance?
When using dolls in research with children, you might use this kind of doll because of its ‘blank slate.’ Children may use craft materials to assign their own persona to this doll.
What is hospital play doll?
This strategy mixes quantitative and qualitative approaches to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of children’s expressions.
What is mixed methods?
This stage can happen before the data collection process. It can help build rapport and make the child participant feel more comfortable (e.g., by allowing the child to play with the research materials).
What is warm-up phase?
This type of research with child participants allows children to have the autonomy to select research topics that resonate with them.
What is child-initiated research?
In Koller and Murphy’s (2022) review, over half of the studies used dolls in this setting.
What is early childhood education and care (ECEC)?
This approach encourages researchers to tailor the study’s methods to match children’s developmental stages, communication styles, and preferences.
What is methodological flexibility?
Using dolls in research with children is a ___ method.
What is play-based?