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What is child-led research and why is it important?
Education & Development

What is child-led research and why is it important?

...research is all about. All of these are important reasons for the Children’s Research Centre to support young researchers. Let’s have a closer look: Wanting to find out more about a topic: Few people would deny that curiosity and inquisitiveness are good characteristics to encourage in children and young people of all ages. Asking questions and ......
Forgotten families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forgotten families

...research at The Open University Children’s Research Centre in partnership with YSS focuses on exploring children and young people’s experiences when a parent is incarcerated. YSS has launched a new and much-needed service, Families First, to support families affected by parental incarceration. [Two people holding hands, separated by prison bars.] Watch the interview...
Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...Woltmann, L., Ferger, K., Hartmann, C. and Lehner, W. (2023) ‘JumpXClass: explainable AI for jump classification in trampoline sports’. Available at: https://dl.gi.de/server/api/core/bitstreams/7661a84b-5c65-4b6e-ad93-2fff2fee2231/content. Explore research with, about and led by children and young people at the Children's Research Centre ......
An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill
Health, Sports & Psychology

An invisible group: Young people’s experiences of living with a loved one who is seriously ill

...Children’s Research Centre focused on three key areas. Firstly we wanted to find out how many children and young people are living with a loved one who is seriously ill; secondly, their experiences and thirdly, how their needs could be met. In order to examine the extent of need throughout the UK we drew upon longitudinal data from the British Millennium Cohort Study....
Making a difference: Youth participation
Education & Development

Making a difference: Youth participation

...here. Read Dr Victoria Cooper's article asking 'Do we really listen to children and young people?' from the the Open University’s Children’s Research Centre, supporting participation by children and young people. If you'd like to learn more about children and youth studies, explore more about participation on Openlearn, or study free courses with ......
Understanding research with children and young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding research with children and young people

...Children’s Research Centre at the Open University to support young people (aged 12+) who want to carry out their own social science research. Through completion of online activities, it supports young people’s understanding of the research process including the research question, methods, ethics, data collection, data analysis, and dissemination of ......
Becoming an ethical researcher Badge icon
Education & Development

Becoming an ethical researcher

...researcher from the Children’s Research Centre at The Open University and respond to the following prompt questions. SPEAKER 1 Made sure that for a wide range of people, none of the questions would make anybody upset. SPEAKER 2 I don't want to ask people, have members of your family died of cancer? Because that's obviously extremely tricky for people to talk about.......
Centre of gravity
Science, Maths & Technology

Centre of gravity

What role does the centre of gravity play in keeping structures upright - or failing to?