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Introducing observational approaches in research with children and young people
This unit introduces you to analysing academic writing and, in particular, the...
This unit introduces you to analysing academic writing and, in particular, the way an article might be structured to clearly explain an investigation to other researchers. It explores observation of children and young people using qualitative observation approaches in small-scale studies.
After studying this unit you will:
- begin to understand observation as a research method;
- gain some experience of research studies with children which use observation as a data collection tool;
- understand the difference between a quantitative and qualitative approach to research;
- be able to distinguish between describing and explaining in a research study.
- Duration: 9 hours
- Published on: Wednesday 21st March 2012
- Level: Advanced
- Posted under: Professional Development in Education
Introducing observational approaches in research with children and young people
Introduction

This unit introduces you to analysing academic writing and, in particular, the way an article might be structured to clearly explain an investigation to other researchers. It explores observation of children and young people using qualitative observation approaches in small-scale studies.
This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course Research with children and young people (EK310). [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
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