YRN Online Research Toolkit
The YRN Research Toolkit pages are for young researchers and those who work with young researchers.
This toolkit is intended as a guide to each stage of the research process, from finding and defining a research interest to sharing your findings and making change happen.
To help you manage your research project you may find the following planning resources useful:
Each stage can be read independently although we suggest that you follow them through in order stage by stage.
Research Process Stepped Stages
- Stage 1: Deciding on a Research Topic
- Stage 2: Find out as much as you can about your topic area
- Stage 3: Planning for Change
- Stage 4: Writing your research question
- Stage 5: Planning how you will get answers to your research questions
- Stage 6: Research Ethics
- Stage 7: Reporting your research findings
- Stage 8: Plan how you will tell people about your research findings
- YRN Toolkit (2009).pdf
Additional reources are available for each stage of the toolkit. To request these or to find out more email Helena Ferrao-Read.
Useful reading
How To Involve children and young people in research
This How To guide produced for Participation Works by the YRN offers children and youth work practitioners an introduction to the merits of involving children and young people in research. It provides answers to a set of questions to why involve children and young people in research, how they can, and practical tips/resources.
Coyote article - An exploration of participatory research with young people
This article written for Coyote by Dr. Darren Sharpe and Thilo Boeck reflects upon the authors own practice, and experiences of participatory research with young people. The article disentangles some of the complexities within participative research and gives some pointers for meaningful participatory research.
The seminar aimed at addressing the new trends in youth participation based on information and communication technologies (ICT), through constructive exchange o information and practices amongst the main stakeholders in the field of youth participation.
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