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This assignment requires you to choose a research topic from the following list: Children and nature, children and popular culture; children and consumerism, and children and schooling. You then select a topic and one article in your topic folder. You will then search for an article yourself around the same topic to use as a comparison article on a research project in your critique. You are required to write the critical report in order to explore the similarities and differences between the paradigms informing the research studies, the way children are constructed in the study, their role and draw on the constructions of childhood – how are they being viewed? You will also compare the methodology used in each of the two research projects including a summary of the key design elements, research tools, forms of analysis and the way ethics is or isn’t discussed. This assessment relates specifically to Module 3 – Topics 7, 8 and 9. The assignment consists of a two-part submission: a Critical Research Report Proposal (Assessment 3a) and a final Critical Research Report ( Assessment 3b).
A template/proforma is provided for making a planning summary of the key areas that need to be addressed in the research report, this template/proforma is available on this page and must be used to complete the research report proposal for Assessment 3a. The proposal will help to map out the key elements of both of the two research articles that you have chosen for analysis.
see the sample report
Use western sydney university APA reference style
fill the Research Report Proposal Proforma
use those to important references
michael wyness childhood and society chapter 9
James, A. & James, A. (2012). Key concepts in childhood studies (2nd ed.), Sage Publishers: London.
