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Este artigo visa a descrever uma metodologia para pesquisas com famílias em ambiente natural: a Inserção Ecológica. Esta metodologia está fundamentada na Teoria dos Sistemas Ecológicos, que propõe o estudo do desenvolvimento humano através de um modelo científico envolvendo a interação de quatro núcleos: o processo, a pessoa, o contexto e o tempo, denominado modelo bioecológico. De acordo com esta teoria, o modelo bioecológico se constitui em um referencial teórico-metodológico apropriado para a realização de pesquisas sobre o desenvolvimento-no-contexto. Este artigo descreve a operacionalização deste modelo em uma pesquisa qualitativa sobre resiliência e vulnerabilidade em famílias em situação de risco. A inserção ecológica envolveu o acompanhamento longitudinal de três famílias pobres, que vivem em uma comunidade violenta, e incluiu observações, conversas informais e entrevistas. A operacionalização do modelo bioecológico nesta pesquisa proporcionou a realização de um estudo com validade ecológica, pois permitiu incluir vários níveis de análise.The aim of this paper is to describe a methodology for research with families in natural environment: Ecological Insertion. This methodology is based on Ecological Systems Theory, that proposes that development must be studied through a scientific model that involves interaction among four nucleus: process, person, context and time, denominated bioecological model. For this theory, the bioecological model become an appropriate theoretical-methodologial approach for research on development-in-context. This paper describes an operacionalization of this model in a qualitative research about resilience and vulnerability in families under risk situation. The ecological insertion involved the study accompaniment of three poor families who live in a violent community and included observations, informal chats and interviews. The operacionalization of the bioecological model in this research promoted the accomplishment of a study with ecological validity, apart from allowing to include various levels of analysis.

The aim of this paper is to describe a methodology for research with families in natural environment: Ecological Insertion. This methodology is based on Ecological Systems Theory, that proposes that development must be studied through a scientific model that involves interaction among four nucleus: process, person, context and time, denominated bioecological model. For this theory, the bioecological model become an appropriate theoretical-methodologial approach for research on development-in-context. This paper describes an operacionalization of this model in a qualitative research about resilience and vulnerability in families under risk situation. The ecological insertion involved the study accompaniment of three poor families who live in a violent community and included observations, informal chats and interviews. The operacionalization of the bioecological model in this research promoted the accomplishment of a study with ecological validity, apart from allowing to include various levels of analysis.