Using Children’s Drawings as Data in Child-Centred Research

Merriman, Brían; Guérin, Suzanne

doi:10.1080/03033910.2006.10446227

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“…The sizing and positioning of the images were also taken into account. This approach was similar to Merriman and Guerin's (2006) study and comparable to Kress and van Leeuwen's (2001) ideational meaning. The drawings provided the connection between the visual and the oral data collected.…”

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confidence: 81%

Charting the Emergence of National Identity in Children in Wales

Murphy

2017

Children & Society

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This multimodal study, set in Wales, demonstrates that children aged nine and ten can clearly define and rationalise their own national identity. It contributes to age related discussions on how children categorise themselves in terms of national identity and the rationale for their choices. The children in the study used single and multiple definitions of national identity and illustrate the increasing plural nature of 21st century Wales. Family, birthplace and residency were identified as factors in shaping their national identity, more so than language, despite the current bilingual policy drive in Wales.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Charting the Emergence of National Identity in Children in Wales

Murphy

2017

Children & Society

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“…Focus for the analysis was to find out children's conceptions of the structure of the internal body, therefore a content analysis of the children's annotated drawings was used. Content analysis of drawings allows both qualitative investigations of what is drawn and quantitative investigations of how often it appears (Merriman and Guerin, 2006). Since we were interested in the total number of internal organs the children were aware of, we counted organs indicated in both Drawings 1 and 2 (each item only once).…”

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confidence: 99%

What’s in the body? Children’s annotated drawings

Andersson

Löfgren

Tibell

2019

Journal of Biological Education

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This paper presents a study of children's ideas of the body's internal structure. Children between four and 13 years (N = 170) individually produced drawings. During each drawing session the children explained their drawings to a facilitator and added written labels either by themselves or, if they were too young to write, with the facilitator's help. The results provide an updated comprehensive picture of children in different age groups and their views on the internal structure of the body. The type and numbers of organs drawn are similar to those documented in previous studies. However, in comparison to recent studies, the children drew more organs, the brain was indicated almost as often as the heart, and the Valentine heart was frequently used as a symbol. In contrast with previous research, children drew connections between organs. This result calls for caution regarding conclusions made from decontextualized questions. The importance of providing children with the opportunity to clarify their drawings is emphasised since it otherwise becomes a question of the researcher's interpretation. The connections they draw, and explanations they give to their drawings, have interesting implications for understanding children's ideas, and hence both for teaching and learning and for science education research.

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“…Compartmentalization may suggest isolation, withdrawal, communication difficulties or a fear to get separated from family members. Framing may suggest the need to protect familial relationships and rounding may suggest a need to get protected from an outside danger (31,40).…”

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A Study on the Psychological Status of Hospitalized Children and Their Perceptions of Hospital and Sickness Through Drawings

Atak¹,

Beyazıt²,

Taşçioğlu³

et al. 2019

Turkish Journal of Pediatric Disease

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Objective: Sickness and hospitalization may have negative influences on the development and psychological status of children. It is important to understand children's perceptions of sickness and hospital in order to reduce and eliminate the negative effects of hospitalization experiences on the psychological well-being of the children. From this perspective, the aim of this study was to examine the hospitalized children's psychological status and their perceptions of hospital and sickness. Material and Methods:The study was based on a both descriptive and content analysis approach. The study group consisted of 31 children between the ages of 5 and 16 years who were recruited from a public hospital in North Cyprus. The children's experiences were examined through their family and hospital drawings and draw-and-tell interviews.Results: Anxiety, depression, regression, and the representation of the hospital as unsafe, need for a well-structured environment, problems with social relations, difficulties with holding onto life and lack of quality in the drawings were found to be the common findings in the drawings. When the drawings of each child were evaluated individually, it was found that regression increases in the hospital drawings. Conclusion:The findings of this study might help for understanding the hospitalization experiences from the children's perspective and might have clinical implications for practice in terms of supporting children in the hospitalization process. ÖZAmaç: Hastalık ve hastaneye yatış süreci çocuğun gelişimini ve psikolojik durumunu olumsuz yönde etkileyebilir. Bu olumsuz etkileri azaltmak ve ortadan kaldırmak için çocukların hastalık ve hastane algılarının değerlendirilmesi önem taşımaktadır. Bu noktadan hareketle bu çalışmada, hastanede yatan çocukların psikolojik durumları ile hastalık ve hastane algılarının incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler:Bu çalışma, betimleyici analizveiçerikanalizi yöntemlerine dayalı olarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu KuzeyKıbrıs'ta bir devlet hastanesinde yatarak tedavi gören 5 ve 16 yaşları arasındaki 31 çocuk oluşturmuştur. Araştırmanın verileri çocukların aile ve hastane çizimleri ile çocuklar ve aileleri ile yapılan mülakatlar aracılığıyla elde edilmiştir.Bulgular: Araştırma sonucunda kaygı, depresyon, regresyon, hastaneye ilişkin olumsuz algı, akranlarla ilişkilerde problemler, gerçekliğe tutunmada zorluk, çizim niteliği ve içeriğinde zayıflık gibi bulguların, çocukların resimlerindeki ortak özellikler olduğu görülmüştür. Çizimlerin genelinde regresyon olgusu dikkat çekmiştir.Sonuç: Elde edilen bulguların, çocukların hastane deneyimlerinin yine çocukların perspektifinden anlaşılmasına olanak sağlaması ve hastaneye yatış sürecinde çocukların desteklenmesine yönelik ipuçları sunması bakımından önemli katkıları olacağı düşünülmektedir.

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Using Children’s Drawings as Data in Child-Centred Research

Cited by 72 publications

References 27 publications

Charting the Emergence of National Identity in Children in Wales

Charting the Emergence of National Identity in Children in Wales

What’s in the body? Children’s annotated drawings

A Study on the Psychological Status of Hospitalized Children and Their Perceptions of Hospital and Sickness Through Drawings

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