CRUZ, Silvia Helena Vieira; CRUZ, Rosimeire Costa de Andrade. The use of story drawing in research with children. Educação. Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre , v. 47, n. 1, e-45689, jan. 2024 .
Available on: https://doi.org/10.15448/1981-2582.2024.1.45689
Abstract: Since the beginning of the 20th century, children have become object of research, as awareness has increased that greater knowledge about childhood processes could clarify aspects of adult human beings (Smolka, 2002). However, only in recent decades, interest in carrying out research with children has increased, seeking to understand their perspective on the various topics that affect them. Methods: One of the strategies used in research with children has been the adaptation of the Drawing-and-Story Procedure (D-E), a psychological clinical research instrument created by psychoanalyst Walter Trinca (1997). In the area of Early Childhood Education, based on the pioneering experience of Cruz (1987), several studies made use of this adaptation, making the modifications considered necessary for the research objectives (for example, Andrade, 2007; Araújo, 2017; Santos, 2015). Conclusions: The use of this procedure in research with children has indicated its great contributions to expanding knowledge about children themselves and topics related to their school experience, while some challenges have been posed to researchers both in the application and in the evaluation of the data produced.