Reference : Analyzing Drawings to Explore children’s Concepts of an Ideal School: Implications fo...

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Education & instruction
	Focus Areas :	Educational Sciences
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41300

Title :	Analyzing Drawings to Explore children’s Concepts of an Ideal School: Implications for the Improvement of children’s Well-Being at School
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Simoes Lourêiro, Kevin [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	Grecu, Alyssa Laureen [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS) >]
	de Moll, Frederick [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS) >]
	Hadjar, Andreas [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS) >]
Publication date :	2019
Journal title :	Child Indicators Research
Publisher :	Springer
Volume :	early online
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Audience :	International
ISSN :	1874-897X
e-ISSN :	1874-8988
Country :	Germany
Keywords :	[en] childrens' drawings ; primary school ; educational spaces ; subjective well-being ; qualitative methods
Abstract :	[en] Because not much is known about children’s subjective well-being (SWB) in educational spaces, our objective was to analyze children’s drawings of their ideal school environment, emphasizing the importance of obtaining the children’s perspective. To do so, we analyzed Luxembourgish primary school children’s drawings (n = 150; age 10) using visual grounded theory methodology. The results were centered on 10 main underlying themes that indicated children’s conceptualizations of their dream school in which particular attention was paid to the design of the school buildings, playgrounds, and classrooms. Children’s written inputs showed the boundaries of visual expression, as they mentioned different desires beyond those conveyed by the drawings. In addition to fancy aesthetics of the school environment, material conditions such as playground facilities were found to be a significant part of the children’s dream schools. Our analyses offer meaningful insights into children’s perceptions of an educational environment that fosters well-being, thereby functioning as a blueprint for adults’ efforts to improve schools in a more child-friendly manner.
Research centres :	Education, Culture, Cognition & Society (ECCS) > Institute of Education & Society (InES)
Funders :	Fonds National de la Recherche - FnR ; Swiss National Science Foundation
Name of the research project :	SASAL-School Alienation in Switzerland and Luxembourg
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students ; General public
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41300
DOI :	10.1007/s12187-019-09705-8
Other URL :	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12187-019-09705-8
FnR project :	FnR ; FNR9857103 > Andreas Hadjar > SASAL > School Alienation in Switzerland and Luxembourg > 01/09/2015 > 31/08/2018 > 2015

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