A critical appraisal of the draw and write technique

Backett‐Milburn, Kathryn; McKie, Linda

doi:10.1093/her/14.3.387

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“…As researchers we need to follow-up on the child participants as the activities may invoke negative feelings that could be harmful if left unattended. Our experiences confirm the finding that such creative methods are not easy to employ with children (Backett-Milburn & Mckie, 1999).…”

Section: Scaffolding Is Important When Using Visual Methods With Chilsupporting

confidence: 86%

Using Drawings and Collages as Data Generation Methods With Children

Mayaba

Wood

2015

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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Appropriate data generation methods are key to a successful research project to attain rich and relevant data. When doing research with children, the methods selected should be age appropriate and enable them to contribute their ideas in the research process. However, data generation with children is not ''child's play''-it is a challenging task that requires careful design on the part of the researcher. We conducted a study in South Africa with children between the ages of 9 and 14 who were orphaned and rendered vulnerable by HIV and AIDS in order to explore if, and how, the use of participatory visual methods might enhance resilience. In this article, we provide a reflective account of the research process and discuss lessons learnt from our experiences of using drawings and collage as data generation methods when doing research with children. This article contributes to the literature on the use of participatory visual methods as data generation strategies with children highlighting some caveats and offering insight into how challenges could be circumvented.

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Section: Scaffolding Is Important When Using Visual Methods With Chilsupporting

confidence: 86%

Using Drawings and Collages as Data Generation Methods With Children

Mayaba

Wood

2015

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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“…In particular, the increased numbers of pupils drawing pictures related to relationships and play confirms the approach of the health promoting school project. That the data collected using this technique are sensitive to such differences is perhaps confirmation of some of the criticisms of Backett-Milburn and McKie (1999), however it is this very sensitivity that renders it important for evaluation research.…”

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“…While Backett-Milburn and McKie (1999) suggest that it is likely that children will produce drawings representing the dominant discourses surrounding them, in this case, such activity would not be considered a disadvantage. While the data presented here should not be taken as a benchmark against which to assess Irish children or to compare them with their British or European counterparts, it is the very context in which they have been produced which is of interest.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

The sensitivity of the draw and write technique

Gabhainn

Kelleher

2002

Health Education

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This paper presents comparative data from two evaluations which employed the draw and write technique to collect data from primary school pupils (ages eight to ten years). Pupils from health promoting schools and schools with conventional health education classes were significantly more likely to draw pictures across a range of categories than pupils who had received no health education, but these varied significantly by the type of intervention. Pupils from health promoting schools drew more pictures illustrating relationships, play, rest and work, while those who had been exposed to traditional health education were more likely to draw pictures showing individual lifestyle behaviours. This implies that the draw and write technique is sensitive to differences in approach to health education within schools. A number of gender differences emerged which also supported this interpretation. This research also suggests that this technique is sensitive to the influence of school based health initiatives and is a useful tool for assessing such developments.

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“…The first activity for data collection was to invite the children to draw their local environment (n = 133), an established technique in geography research (Lynch, 1977;Matthews, 1992), rather than relying on writing and speaking (Backett-Milburn & McKie, 1999) (Table 3). The children also completed questionnaires on their experiences of and attitudes to their local environment.…”

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“If you went out it would stick”: Irish children's learning in their local environments

Pike

2011

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Educat

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This paper reports on the findings of a research project investigating children's experiences of their local environments. Children's experiences of spaces and places and the interaction of such experiences and their learning were investigated, using mixed research methods, informed by phenomenological and participatory methodologies. Through these activities including discussion, interviews and drawing, children described how they experienced affordances of spaces, places and people in a range of ways. The children also revealed varied and dynamic attitudes to their local environments. Children's use and opinions of the environment were influenced by temporal, physical, social and economic factors. As well as expressing that such local experiences enhanced their current lives, the children also described how experiences in their local environment contributed to the different areas of their development, including their learning. For most children, such experiences emanated from outside school, with learning in geography in school more likely to be about places farther from home. These findings suggest that attempts to make children's geographies in their local environments central to primary geography through content and activities like many of those outlined in the Primary School Curriculum would be successful. The children's views also suggest that the contributions of all children could be used in decision-making beyond schools. Such consideration and development of children's geographies has the potential to contribute to children's lives as active citizens, currently and in the future.

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A critical appraisal of the draw and write technique

Cited by 180 publications

References 27 publications

Using Drawings and Collages as Data Generation Methods With Children

Using Drawings and Collages as Data Generation Methods With Children

The sensitivity of the draw and write technique

“If you went out it would stick”: Irish children's learning in their local environments

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