Abstract
The case study will be discussed as a research methodology for connecting psychoanalysis and education. This discussion is part of the study carried out by the partnership between the Interdisciplinary Center for Study and Research for Contemporary Childhood and Adolescence of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (NIPIAC-UFRJ), the Institute of Psychiatry (UFRJ), the School of Education of UFRJ, and the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), which analyzed cases of children and adolescents with difficulties in their schooling. By the topic of discontent in schooling, the association between case study and intervention research was useful to analyze contemporary phenomena inserted in real life contexts (Yin, 2005). We discuss the importance of case definition, of the question of study and production of material, its organization and analysis, as well as results and products. Finally, we carry out a reflection on the methodological challenges found in the research.
Keywords:
case studies; research methodology; psychoanalysis; education