Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: ROBERTA LOUISE MARIANO BEZERRA

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STUDENT : ROBERTA LOUISE MARIANO BEZERRA
DATE: 03/04/2025
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: Sala do laboratório LEIA
TITLE:

Rethinking Creativity: Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Intervention Program for Children in High-Poverty Situations.

 

KEY WORDS:

Creativity; Vulnerability; Education; Schooling; Perspectives.

PAGES: 103
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Psicologia
SUMMARY:

As an inherent skill in all individuals, it is widely accepted that creativity can be stimulated through intervention strategies. Mixed approaches to fostering creativity stand out as a holistic technique to encompass both the creative profile and process. This study aimed to develop, implement, and analyze the impact of a medium-duration intervention program focused on creativity and language for children in high-poverty situations. Study 1 addressed the development stages of the Creative Unification Laboratory for Construction and Autonomy (LUCCA). Study 2 employed a mixed-methods approach, involving 46 children enrolled in the 4th grade of elementary school in Natal/RN, divided into two groups: the Study Group (SG) and the Control Group (CG). Of the 46 children, 23 participated in LUCCA (SG), while the remaining 23 did not (CG). Before and after the intervention, the following aspects were assessed: creativity, classroom climate for creativity, conceptions of creativity, future-oriented behavior, oral narrative discourse, and expressive vocabulary. The assessment tools included the Brazilian Figural Creativity Test (TCFI), Classroom Climate for Creativity Scale, Qualitative Questionnaire on Creativity, Possibility Thinking Scale (PTS), Children's Oral Narrative Discourse (DNOI), Children's Naming Test (TIN), and the USP Picture Vocabulary Test (TVFUSP). Data analysis was conducted using two approaches: quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative analysis applied descriptive and inferential statistical methods with a 5% significance level. Comparative analyses between groups (control vs. study) were conducted at both time points (pre- and post-intervention) using the Mann-Whitney test. For within-group comparisons (pre- vs. post-intervention), the Wilcoxon test was used, and Chi-square tests were applied to compare nominal data. The qualitative analysis employed thematic analysis to examine interview and recording data, identifying and reporting patterns to assess how perceptions of creativity evolved over time (before, during, and after the intervention) in both groups. The results of Study 1 indicated that LUCCA is a medium-duration program comprising 20 sessions, structured around storytelling from four children's books. The program aimed to stimulate language skills (vocabulary, oral narrative discourse) and creativity. LUCCA stood out for its adaptability and flexibility, as well as for promoting participants’ agency and identity construction. Preliminary results from Study 2 revealed significant differences in SG before and after the intervention regarding creativity and language skills. However, when comparing SG and CG across both time points, only one creativity factor (cognitive aspects) showed statistically significant differences.  

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2143029 - CINTIA ALVES SALGADO AZONI
Externa à Instituição - Julia Beatriz Lopes Silva - UFMG
Externa à Instituição - TATIANA DE CÁSSIA NAKANO