Renewed Visions for Qualitative Research: Methods to Engage in Parent-Child Co-Investigations

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 21
  In Roundtable Session: Reflections on Relational Research

Abstract

Given the growing interest in family research in naturalistic settings, the field seems ready to re-investigate what Piaget (1926) started almost one century ago—parent explorations of child learning. In this proposed paper, we detail the qualitative methods used to support parent-child co-investigations, and we offer a typology for this particular form of family participatory research. Furthermore, this paper features our exploration of the collaborative autoethnographic methods we used and addresses practical and ethical implications for future research.

Authors

• Sandra Schamroth Abrams, Saint John's University

• Mary Beth Schaefer, Saint John's University

• Daniel Ness, St. John's University