A deficiência visual e o ensino de ciências biológicas: uma investigação da Educação Básica ao Ensino Superior

Abstract

The present dissertation was constructed in the Masters Course of the Graduate Program in Teaching of Sciences and Mathematics of the Federal University of Pelotas. The research was based on the investigation of how the teaching of Biological Sciences from basic education to higher education for students with Visual Deficiency, highlighting the main challenges encountered by students and teachers. In the course of the research it was possible to discuss topics such as: accessibility in school, lack of training of teachers, assistive technologies used, lack of adapted materials in classrooms. In order to anchor the research, the studies of Silva (2014), Azevedo (2012), Guimarães (2014), Franco and Dias (2005), Rosseto (2009) and Mansini (1994) were used, without prejudice to numerous other contributions. The research was defined as a qualitative research, with exploratory research objectives, having as technical procedures the field study and the development that occurred through interviews, with semi-structured questionnaires, carried out with students with visual deficiencies of elementary, middle and high school education and with biological Science Teachers, of both levels. After data collection, content analysis was used as a strategy to analyze the content, inferring from emerging categories and subcategories the need for continuing education for teachers about visual impairment and teaching of biological sciences in order to improve the use and creation of assistive technologies, adapted materials and assessments and learning difficulties of students with DV in the contents of biological sciences. As a product of this dissertation, a support notebook was created with theoretical-practical orientations and suggestions of lessons with adapted material.