A ESCOLA NOS DESENHOS DE CRIANÇAS: REPRESENTAÇÕES INFANTIS NO BRASIL E EM PORTUGAL REPRESENTAÇÕES INFANTIS NO BRASIL E EM PORTUGAL

This research investigates how children represent their school, by means of drawings, in their transition from early childhood education to the 1 grade of grade high school in a town in São Paulo State, Brazil, and from preschool education to the 1 basic cycle in Porto, Portugal. Which meanings are assigned to school and how do they perceive their actions? This is a study with children and not about children. Different articulating methodologies are used, as a qualitative approach, compared education and drawing analysis, made by informal and formal categories. Portuguese children’s sense of belongingness to school favors a more integrated view with their activities, includes school officials, its surroundings and explains their feelings, unlike Brazil.