Formação inclusiva: implicações e contribuições da disciplina de língua brasileira de sinais (LIBRAS) na formação inicial de professores de Ciências Biológicas

Abstract

The Brazilian Sign Language is the official form of expression and communication of deaf people established by Law No. 10.436 / 2002, characterized by its visual-motor configuration and structured by its own grammar. The present work objective was to analyze the conceptions of a group of undergraduate students of Biological Sciences at the Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR), Santa Helena campus, about the significance of the inclusion of the Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) discipline in the course syllabus. Initially a questionnaire was elaborated with scaled and open questions to survey the profile of the interviewees, the degree of relationship with deaf people and the level of contribution of LIBRAS discipline in their role as a teacher, about the teaching and learning processes considering the presence of deaf students in the educational context. This research was characterized as a descriptive, qualitative research, not focusing on quantity but on the quality of the data collected, presented and discussed descriptively. As a result, it was found that most of the students participating in this research ascribe a great importance to the LIBRAS discipline being present in the course syllabus of the undergraduate course in Biological Sciences, although they point out that they do not feel fully prepared to act as teachers in a case with the presence of a deaf student.