Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Cathy Nutbrown -- Introduction / Zeta Brown and Helen Perkins -- Reflexivity in educational research / Jackie Musgrave -- Ethical considerations in using innovative methods in early education research / Kieran Hodgkin, Gary Beauchamp and Chantelle Haughton -- Going beyond participatory ideology when doing research with young children : the case for ethical permeability and relatability / Ioanna Palaiologou -- Arts as a research method / Elisabetta Biffi and Franca Zuccoli -- The use of drawing methods with young children in research / Helen Lyndon -- Listening to young children in messy, playful research / Laura Heads and Michael Jopling -- Play-based interview techniques with young children / Sarah Holmes -- Using the mosaic approach as an ethnographical methodology / Zenna Kingdon -- Videos outdoors with young children / Gary Beauchamp, Chantelle Haughton, Cheryl Ellis, Sian Sarwar, Jacky Tyrie, Dylan Adams and Sandra Dumitrescu -- The use of vignettes in research with young children / Ioanna Palaiologou -- The use of identity boxes as a research method / Helen Perkins -- Narrative inquiry : storying the lived experiences with early childhood student-practitioners / Lynn Richards -- The use of observations in early childhood research / Jackie Musgrave -- Q-methodology : seeking complexities in perspectives of young children and practitioners / Zeta Brown and Gavin Rhoades.