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Running head: EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIESEarly Childhood StudiesName of student:Name of university:Author note:
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EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES1MethodologyPhilosophical framework of methodology The proposed research would look deep into how children with autism engage incommunication and interaction with individuals in their surroundings, primarily in homes andschool settings. The research would aim to highlight the differences in communication forautistic children in the two environments that are different from each other. Effectivecommunication in social interaction is an area of difficulty for children who suffer from autismduring their school years. A better understanding of the social communication experience of thechildren would surely enable professionals to bring improvement in the support system providedto these children for increased communication and socialization strategies in differentenvironments. A phenomenological research philosophy would be beneficial for the proposed researchthat would involve attempting to understand the comprehensive phenomena of autistic childcommunication through appropriate data collection methods. The phenomenological approachwould be appropriate as the researchers would be able to capture the lived experience of thechildren in their natural settings (Smith 2015). According to Waters (2016) phenomenologicalresearch focuses on the occurrences, events and experiences of individuals with minimum regardfor external influences. In this form of research philosophy, focus is directed towards reliableexplanations for experiences of individuals. In phenomenology, the basic ideas are built up fromrich data generated through induction and actions of human interests. The chief advantage ofphenomenological research lies in its ability to contribute to novice theories. In the proposed
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EARLY CHILDHOOD STUDIES2research, the research philosophy would help in understanding discernments and perspectives ofautistic children. Research approach Qualitative research approach would be appropriate for the proposed research sincedescriptive data would be collected regarding the lived experience of the children with autism.Such a research approach would help the researchers to look deep into the behaviours, feelingsand attitudes of the research participants (Smith 2015). Creation of openness through qualitativeresearch would be helpful as the children would be encouraged to expand their responses to theresearch questions (Silverman 2016). Through such a study, a clear picture can be built up onhow children with autism communicate in school and home settings, and whether there are anydifferences among the communication patterns in the two settings. Sample population A purposive sampling would be carried out for recruiting children who suffer autism.Autism diagnosis would be confirmed as reported by the local healthcare department. 15 childrensuffering from autism would be included in the study after fulfilment of the inclusion criteria. Apurposive sampling is the form of non-probability sampling that selects participants on the basisof certain characteristics of the population. It is useful since it provides a justification to makegeneralizations from the sample under study (Matthews and Ross2014). A small sample sizewould allow for a detailed analysis across respondents (Silverman 2016). Inclusion criteria forthe recruitment of participants would be diagnosis of autism; attendance in mainstream school;English as the first language of the children and their parents; age between 10-12 years.
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