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Toward Justice-Driven Qualitative Research Methods With Young Children

Sun, April 16, 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (2:50 to 4:20pm CDT), Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 2, Ohio

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Rooted in deficit-based assumptions that young children have problems in need of “fixing” for compulsory schooling, much research in early childhood education has been used to construct generalizable assertions about “what works” for large populations (Parks & Wager, 2021). Such conventional approaches treat children as data points, rather than as sociopolitical beings with insights about their lived realities (Panelist, 2020). Through methodological approaches that honor children’s agency and brilliance, however, research can counter these harmful traditions and reimagine ways forward. This session explores critical qualitative research methods with young children. Panelists will offer provocations about using qualitative methods to better account for the complexity of young children’s language, culture, and identity, and to honor children’s ways of being in the world.

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