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Tracy Charlotte Young; Pauliina Rautio – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2024
This article bewilders dominant discourses about child-animal relations by acknowledging and challenging the work of Gail Melson who positions animals as providing emotional, social and pedagogical support for children. Melson's psychological approach rests upon implicit assumptions that shape and support anthropocentrism whilst also critiquing a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Animals, Child Development, Relationship
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Lamsa, Tiina; Ronka, Anna; Poikonen, Pirjo-Liisa; Malinen, Kaisa – Early Child Development and Care, 2012
The aim of this article is to introduce the use of the child diary as a method in daily diary research. By describing the research process and detailing its structure, a child diary, a structured booklet in which children's parents and day-care personnel (N = 54 children) reported their observations, was evaluated. The participants reported the…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Research Tools, Diaries, Child Care