?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Children+as+active+researchers%3A+a+new+research+paradigm+for+the+21st+century%3F&rft.creator=Kellett%2C+Mary&rft.description=This+paper+examines+the+concept+of+research+undertaken+by+children+and+the+methodological+and+theoretical+issues+this+raises.+It+begins+with+a+rationale+of+research+by+children+and+sets+this+within+a+context+or+participation+and+empowerment%2C+acknowledging+the+importance+of+child+perspective+and+voice+and+valuing+the+original+contribution+that+child+researchers+can+make+to+our+understanding+of+childhood+and+children's+lives.+It+traces+the+historical+and+philosophical+precedents+that+have+led+to+this+point+and+explores+the+question+of+whether+research+by+children+can+be+accommodated+within+existing+research+parameters+or+whether+it+requires+a+new+approach+even+a+new+research+paradigm%3F+The+paper+also+addresses+issues+of+ethics%2C+policy+and+power+relations+along+with+a+discussion+of+the+extent+to+which+child+research+can+be+free+of+adult+filters+and+adult+influences.+It+draws+on+data+from+a+3-year+ation+research+study+empowering+children+as+active+researchers+and+features+examples+of+children's+original+projects.&rft.publisher=ESRC&rft.date=2005-07-22&rft.type=Other&rft.type=Public&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foro.open.ac.uk%2F7539%2F1%2FMethodsReviewPaperNCRM-003.pdf&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncrm.ac.uk%2Fpublications%2Fmethodsreview%2FMethodsReviewPaperNCRM-003.pdf&rft.identifier=+++Kellett%2C+Mary+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Foro.open.ac.uk%2Fview%2Fperson%2Fmk2527.html%3E+(2005).++Children+as+active+researchers%3A+a+new+research+paradigm+for+the+21st+century%3F++ESRC%2C+UK.++++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foro.open.ac.uk%2F7539%2F