What if You Talked to Me? I Could Be Interesting! Ethical Research Considerations in Engaging with Bilingual / Multilingual Child Participants in Human Inquiry

What if You Talked to Me? I Could Be Interesting! Ethical Research Considerations in Engaging with Bilingual / Multilingual Child Participants in Human Inquiry

Blog Article

The increase in child-centered, participatory research activities with children poses new challenges and responsibilities to policy makers and researchers.This Hand Strap reflective piece is a call for Canadian policy makers and researchers to look more critically at their epistemological and ethical assumptions about their views of children, their competence and decision making in research activities.I draw on sociocultural (VYGOTSKY) and dialogic 5 Piece Outdoor Seating Set theories (BAKHTIN) to encourage conversation and dialogue about ethical issues in engaging child participants in human inquiry with particular attention to children who learn and live in diverse, multiple language and cultural contexts.URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs050144.