About
Natália Costa obtained a doctorate degree in Psychology from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2021. Her academic interests involve infant-toddler movement and motor development, transitions, pedagogical approaches in infant-toddler groups, as well as space and materiality in ECEC. Additionally, she is interested in visual and creative research methods and the role of cultural and interactive processes in development and education. She is currently a primary member of the research group “Methodological un-twinings with kindergarten-and research studies” and a secondary member at the research group “Sustainability, nature, health, and movement group.” Prior to that, in Brazil she had been a member of the research group “Brazilian Centre for the Investigation of Childhood Education and Development” (CINDEDI) for over 10 years.
Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Costa, Natália Meireles Santos da
; Andrade, Joana de Jesus de; Lima, Aline Patrícia Campos de
(2024).
Babies in the Corporeal Turn: The Cognitive Embodiment of Early Motor Development and Exploration in the Brazilian Context of Early Childhood Education.
Europe's Journal of Psychology.
Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.12143
Rutanen, Niina; Amorim, Katia de Souza;
Costa, Natália Meireles Santos da
; Harju, Kaisa; Revilla, Yaiza Lucas; White, E. Jayne
(2022).
Living the Space in First Transitions.
White, E. Jayne; Marwick, Helen; Rutanen, Niina; Amorim, Katia de Souza; Herold, Laura K. M. (Ed.).
First Transitions to Early Childhood Education and Care: Intercultural Dialogues across the Globe. p. 199-224.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08851-3_8
White, E. Jayne; McNair, Lynn; Redder, Bridgette;
Costa, Natália Meireles Santos da
; Amorim, Katia de Souza; Harju, Kaisa; Westbrook, Fiona; Herold, Laura K. M.; Revilla, Yaiza Lucas; Marwick, Helen
(2022).
Enacted Pedagogies in First Transitions.
White, E. Jayne; Marwick, Helen; Rutanen, Niina; Amorim, Katia de Souza; Herold, Laura K. M. (Ed.).
First Transitions to Early Childhood Education and Care: Intercultural Dialogues across the Globe. p. 109-135.
Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08851-3_5
Costa, Natália Meireles Santos da
; Dentz, Marisa von; Amorim, Katia de Souza
(2022).
While you were (not) asleep:
negotiation of times, routines, and
rhythms through the infant’s transition
process to early childhood and care.
Revista Brasileira de Educação.
Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-24782022270117
Costa, Natália Meireles Santos da
; Amorim, Katia de Souza
(2021).
Babies in Motion within Daycare Transition:(Co) construction of Locomotor Exploration in a Brazilian Case Study.
Fleer, Marilyn; Hedegaard, Mariane; Ødegaard, Elin Eriksen; Sørensen, Hanne Værum (Ed.).
Qualitative Studies of Exploration in Childhood Education: Cultures of Play and Learning in Transition. p. 147-162.
Bloomsbury Academic.
https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350199453.ch-7
Costa, Natália Meireles Santos da
; Rossett-Ferreira, Maria Clotilde; Mello, Ana Maria Araújo de
(2021).
Providing outdoor experiences for infants and toddlers: Pedagogical possibilities and challenges from a Brazilian early childhood education centre case study.
Grindheim, Liv Torunn; Sørensen, Hanne Værum; Rekers, Angela (Ed.).
Outdoor Learning and Play
Pedagogical Practices and Children's Cultural Formation. p. 43-59.
Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72595-2_3
Costa, Natália Meireles Santos da
; Amorim, Katia de Souza
(2018).
A coconstrução do fluxo locomotor em processos interativos bebê-bebê.
Psicologia em Pesquisa.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4969656
