Análise de conteúdo utilizando o webQDA: Opção metodológica para caracterizar uma criança com paralisia cerebral

Abstract

In order to contribute to the Inclusive Education of children with Special Needs in the Specialized Artistic Teaching of Music in Portugal, an Action-Research project started in 2018. Our objective is to show the results of the diagnosis made on the characterization of the child with Cerebral Palsy that originated the study. For this, nine interviews were carried out, considering the person in charge of the child’s education and the different education and health professionals who work with that child. All the compiled information was organized and studied through content analysis supported by software on the webQDA platform, using the Sources, Coding and Questioning tools, which proved to be effective for the characterization of the child. The results obtained allow us to observe that the interviewees consider the child's personal characteristics relevant from a temporal perspective. That is, they refer to aspects that pertain to the child’s past, present and future perspectives. In all of these aspects, the importance given to the use of Support Products, curriculum adaptations and the support network (people) is evident for the child under study to be successful, namely in the learning of Music. The need to enhance the different factors in the contexts (environment) is highlighted, promoting accessibility.