Knowing Children: Participant Observation with Minors

by Gary Alan Fine and Kent L. Sandstrom

Book Overview

When studying children too often it is assumed that "our" view of the world will be their view of the world. Knowing Children explores this lofty assumption and explodes various myths that researchers commonly hold about children. Using the assumptions that minors are knowledgeable about their world and that the worlds of minors are special and noteworthy, Fine and Sandstrom explore the worlds of children and demonstrate that adults can greatly benefit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803933657
• ISBN13: 9780803933651
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"