Luz além da escuridão - uma proposta de ensino da natureza ondulatória da luz para alunos cegos

Abstract

This paper presents a proposal for teaching Physics aiming theeducational inclusion of visually impaired students, in order to affect the process of teaching and learning the concept of Light as an electromagnetic wave. For this reason, we consider that the visually-impaired students have the same resources as the other students, since the propagationof the electromagnetic wave is not “visualized”, but its effects are perceived by different senses, not only through the vision. To this end, an educational product was developed with tactile -visual-auditory teaching resources, which can contribute to the learning of all students, visually impaired or visionaries, according to the proposal of multisensory didactics. These resources are indicated in a didactic pedagogical proposal that is presented as a text to support the teacher. This proposal, as it is indicated to be developed, was based on Ausubel's Theory of Meaningful Learning and Vygotsky's Interactionism. Although it is a pedagogical proposal for the teacher, it should be noted that all didactic resources developed were applied and validated by two visually-impairedstudents from public schools in a southwestern county in the state of Paraná. The validation was positive for all resources, and the students pointed outthat they contribute effectively for learning the intendedphysical concepts.