20 research outputs found
Applying a psychoanalytic approach acquired through infant observation towards working as a teacher: a case study
Analysing children's drawings: applied imagination
This article centres on a research project in which freehand drawings provided a richly creative and colourful data source of children’s imagined, ideal learning environments. Issues concerning the analysis of the visual data are discussed, in particular how imaginative content was analysed and how the analytical process was dependent on an accompanying, secondary data source comprising brief, explanatory written texts
Psychoanalytic perspectives of pregnancy: reorganisation of the parents-to-be inner world
Toddlers’ relationships to peers in the processes of separation: from the discussion of observational accounts to the development of theory
Work discussion in large groups: on modifying the teaching and learning method for universities of applied sciences in Austria
Observation according to the Tavistock model as a research tool: remarks on methodology, education and the training of researchers
Children's Attitudes Toward People With AIDS in Puerto Rico: Exploring Stigma Through Drawings and Stories
AIDS stigma refers to prejudice and discrimination directed at people or groups perceived to have HIV/AIDS (Herek, 1999). Although AIDS stigma has been found in adolescent and adult populations, few researchers have explored it among children. Misconceptions about people with AIDS (PWA) might lead to negative attitudes toward PWA and obstruct HIV prevention efforts. The authors assessed 110 Puerto Rican children's attitudes toward PWA using drawings (n=65) and stories (n=45). Although participants held stigmatizing attitudes toward PWA across both methods, the approaches captured different beliefs and attitudes. Drawings depicted PWA as physically deteriorated and performing socially condemned behaviors, whereas stories describing PWA highlighted children's fear of contagion and death. Stigma toward PWA was more pronounced than toward other illnesses (e.g., cancer). The study highlights the importance of assessing children's attitudes through creative data collection procedures.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/85207/1/GonzalezandBauermeister07.pd