O ensino de química para estudantes surdos em um colégio de Foz do Iguaçu: desafios e propostas

Abstract

From the beginnings of civilization people with disabilities are discriminated against, often being withdrawn from social life because they present some "anomaly". Regarding the deaf, inclusion in the social environment is made possible by the teaching of the Brazilian Sign Language-Libras, which helps its communication through the visual-gestural aspect, how ever, even with the development of a language, there are still challenges in teaching. Studies point to the difficulties that students face in the discipline of Chemistry, but there is still little research on the difficulties faced by deaf students. In view of this panorama the present study had the objective of investigating the implications and the challenges in the teaching of Chemistry for hearing impaired in a State College of Foz do Iguaçu/PR. Questionnaires were applied to the chemistry teacher, Libras interpreters and students with deafness in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of high school. The results showed that five students have total deafness and three have partial deafness, 6 have Libras as their first language, 7 need Libras interpreter, 6 have ensured they like Chemistry, but although they like it, most say they have difficulty in discipline and these are mainly related to lack of signs, lack of appropriate didactic material, the presence of mathemati calcalculations and lack of interpreter. For the teacher the challenge is the communication, for the same not knowing Pounds, therefore it affirms that the presence of the interpreterin the classes is fundamental. The interpreters pointed out as difficulties the interpretation of essentially theoretical contentand the specific terms of the discipline that have no sign. Therefore, the main implications are the lack of specific signs for the discipline of Chemistry, the lack of training and improvement of teachers, the lack of specific training of the interpreter of Libras and the lack of bilingual Libras/Portuguese didactic material. Therefore, the proposals are aimed at encouraging the improvement of education professionals and proposals and the development of public policies that are mobilized in the development of bilingual educational materials.