TY - BOOK AU - Boyden, Jo. AU - Ennew, Judith. ED - Child development. ED - Rädda Barnen, Swedish Save the Children. TI - Children in focus : a manual for participatory research with children / edited by Jo Boyden and Judith Ennew U1 - HQ 768.8 .B69 1997 CY - Stockholm, Sweden : Rädda Barnen, Swedish Save the Children, c1997. KW - Children – Research. KW - Participant observation. KW - Children – Research – Methodology N1 - Rädda Barnen, Swedish Save the Children; Art. no. 2025—cover page; Spiral bound; Contents: 1. Children in focus : introduction for programme planners and managers—2. About this manual—3. Participation—4. What is childhood—5. Children in development programmes—6. What is wrong with conventional research?—7. The background to all methods—8. Classroom-based learning about participatory, children-focused research methods—9. Field-based learning—10. What to do with data—11. Future activities in applied research with children; This introduction is intended for programme managers who plan to develop children-centred, participatory research as part of their programme planning. It explains why this kind of child research is needed, introduces the main principles underlying the participatory approach and describes the human resources that will be required—(p. [9]) ER -