Accessing, through Research Interviews, the Views of Children with Difficulties in Learning

The authors of this and the following two articles consider some of the challenges facing researchers in establishing children’s views about learning. In this article Ann Lewis provides an overview of some of the key issues with regard to the interviewing, for research purposes, of children with difficulties in learning. The issues discussed and the approach adopted will have wide application in a climate which increasingly accepts that accessing the authentic views of children is an important responsibility requiring respectfulness, sensitivity and skill.