Description: Explores the concept of care as a critical methodological component of school-based qualitative and ethnographic research that involves children and youth participants in schools in the United States.
Brief description: Veena Vasudevan is Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Learning, University of Pittsburgh School of Education, USA.
Review Quotes:
"This new volume represents an urgent paradigm shift away from research as extraction, and towards a relational ethics of care. The authors powerfully model how research can illuminate, mobilize and embody the transformative power of relationships characterized by love and dignity. Required reading for the everyday work of educational justice." --Shirin Vossoughi, Associate Professor in Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, USA
"Care-Based Methodologies is a rich and timely exploration of approaches to qualitative inquiry that center relationship, heart, and humanity in every aspect of research design and practice. Readers will find chapters brimming with actionable guidance and vibrant illustrations of how centering care deepens the critical impact of research with youth." --Elizabeth Dutro, Professor of Literacy Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, USA