Methodological Particularities in Research on Contemporary Childhood in Croatia: A Pedagogical – Psychological Perspective
Keywords:
contemporary childhood, pedagogy, psychology, qualitative methodology, quantitative methodology
Abstract
The study aimed to determine the methodological particularities present in research on contemporary childhood. The study methodology involves an analysis of Croatian journals in which the subject of contemporary childhood has been published in the last two years. The inclusion criteria for article analysis were as follows: Social Science discipline, field of Pedagogy and Psychology, participants’ age (from 6 to 14 years) and the visibility of the journal citation. The analysis of the contemporary approach included methodological particularities. The results show that these studies of contemporary childhood do not apply “contemporary” approaches to the examination of childhood.
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Dubovicki, S. (2017). Futurološke metode istraživanja [Futuristic research methods (or research methods of the future?)]. In S. Opić, B. Bognar, and S. Ratković (Eds.), Novi pristupi metodologiji istraživanja odgoja [New Approaches to Research Methodology in Education] (pp. 203–221). Zagreb: Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb.
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Dubovicki, S. (2020). Do We Focus on the Positive Future in Higher Education? In A. Peko, M. Ivanuš Grmek, and J. Delcheva Dizarevikj (Eds.), Didaktički izazovi III: didaktička retrospektiva i perspektiva, kamo i kako dalje? [Didactic Challenges III: didactic retrospective and perspective, where/how do we go from here?] (pp. 78–91). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Education.
Dubovicki, S., Mlinarević, V., and Velki, T. (2018). Istraživački pristupi i metodološki okviri u istraživanjima budućih učitelja [Research approaches and methodological framework in the research of future teachers]. New Presence, 16(3), 595–611. https://doi.org/10.3119-2/np.16.3.11
Dubovicki, S., and Munjiza, E. (2021). The Personality of Educators in the Education for Interculturalism in Historical Context and Continuity. In V. Mlinarević, M. Brust Nemet and J. Husanović Pehar (Eds.), Intercultural Education - Conference proceedings (pp. 42–61). Osijek: Faculty of Education, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, The Centre for Scientific Work in Vinkovci.
Dubovicki, S., and Munjiza, E. (2019). Bibliografija "Života i škole" 1982. - 2017. [Bibliography of “Life and School” 1982. - 2017]. Osijek: Faculty of Education, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek.
Dubovicki, S., and Topolovčan, T. (2020a). Through the Looking Glass: Methodological Features of Research on Alternative Schools. Revija za elementarno izobraževanje, 13(1), 55–71. https://doi.org/10.18690/rei.13.1.55-71.2020
Dubovicki, S., and Topolovčan, T. (2020b). Methodological and Thematic Trends: A Case Study of Two Pedagogical Journals in Croatia. In A. Lipovec, J. Batič and E. Kranjec (Eds.), New Horizons in Subject-Specific Education/Research Aspects of Subject-Specific Didactics (pp. 159–180). Maribor: University of Maribor, University Press. https://doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-358-6
Eğmir, E., Erdem, C., and Koçyiğit, M. (2017). Trends in Educational Research: A Content Analysis of the Studies Published in International Journal of Instruction. International Journal of Instruction, 10(3), 277-294.
Gallacher, L. A., and Gallagher, M. (2008). Methodological immaturity in childhood research? Thinking through ’participatory methods.’ Childhood, 15(4), 499–516. https://doi.org/10.117-7%2F0907568208091672
Hajdin, L. (2009). Od strogo vođenih do samoorganizirajućih aktivnosti djece u dječjim vrtićima (u kojima načelo integracije dolazi do punog izražaja) [From strictly guided to self-organizing activities of children in kindergartens (in which the principle of integration comes to full expression)]. In L. Vujičić and M. Duh (Eds.), Interdisciplinarni pristup učenju - put ka kvalitetnijem obrazovanju djeteta [Interdisciplinary Approach to Learning - the path to better Child Education] (pp. 111-121). Rijeka: Grafika Zambelli.
Jagić, S. (2007). Problem kauzalnosti u pedagogijskom istraživanju [The problem of causality in educational research]. In V. Previšić, N. N. Šoljan, and N. Hrvatić (Eds.), Pedagogija prema cjeloživotnom obrazovanju i društvu znanja [Pedagogy towards Lifelong Learning and the Knowledge Society], Vol. 1. (pp. 58–67). Zagreb: Hrvatsko pedagogijsko društvo.
Mayall, B. (2002). Towards a Sociology for Childhood: Thinking from Children’s Lives. Buckingham: Open University Press.
Mužić, V. (2004). Uvod u metodologiju istraživanja odgoja i obrazovanja [Introduction to the Methodology of Education Research]. Zagreb: Educa.
Petrović-Sočo, B. (2009). Poticajno okruženje - uvjet učenja djece rane dobi [Stimulating Environment - a Condition for Early Childhood Learning]. In N. Babić and Z. Redžep Borak (Eds.), Dječji vrtić - mjesto učenja djece i odraslih [Kindergarten - a Place of Learning for Children and Adults] (pp. 59-65). Osijek: Center for Preschool Education Osijek & Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Teacher Education.
Prout, A., and James, A. (1990). A New Paradigm for the Sociology of Childhood? Provenance, Prospect and Problems (pp. 7-33). In A. James, & A. Prout (Eds.) Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood: Contemporary Issues in the Sociology of Childhood. London: Falmer Press.
Punch, S. (2002). Research with Children: The Same or Different from Research with Adults? Childhood 9(3), 321–41.
Rodrigues, S. (2018). Analysing Talk in Educational Research. Routledge Focus.
Suzić, N. (2017). Metodologija pedagogije na razmeđu stoljeća [The Methodology of Pedagogy at the Turn of the Century]. In S. Opić, B. Bognar, and S. Ratković (Eds.), Novi pristupi metodologiji istraživanja odgoja [New Approaches to Research Methodology in Education] (pp. 39-53). Zagreb: Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb.
Topolovčan, T. and Dubovicki, S. (2019). The Heritage of the Cold War in Contemporary Curricula and Educational Reforms. Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 9(2), 11-32. https://doi.org/10.26529/cepsj.567
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2022-03-23
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Dubovicki S., & Velki T. (2022). Methodological Particularities in Research on Contemporary Childhood in Croatia: A Pedagogical – Psychological Perspective. Journal of Elementary Education, 15(1), 91-104. https://doi.org/10.18690/rei.15.1.91-104.2022
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