Contemporary Childhoods Part 2

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: 3a Critical Research Report Proposal and 3b Critical Research Report. Length: 2000 words Assignment 3b requires you to summarise and compare the similarities and differences of the background, context and theoretical framework of the two research projects, summarise and compare the methodological approaches, and to discuss how children are viewed and the strengths and limitations of both research projects. MARKING CRITERIA MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THIS AS WELL ASSESSMENTCRITERIA ASSIGNMENT 3B 1. Provides clear summaries and comparisons of the two different research projects (10 marks). 2. Provides clear identification and comparison of the methodological design, methods and tools used in the two research projects(10 marks). 3. Critically analyses how children are constructed and/or the role they do or don’t take up within the research project (10 marks). 4. Critically analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the two different research projects (10 marks). 5. Presents work professionally, using appropriate and clear academic writing and APA referencing style within the word limit (5 marks).