Ensino de Química e educação de surdos: produção e validação de uma sequência didática no contexto do ensino bilíngue

Abstract

In our dissertation, we seek to answer the following research question: How can the process of developing and validating a didactic sequence, based on the references of Chemistry Teaching and Deaf Education, contribute to the teaching and learning processes of chemical concepts by deaf students, in the context of bilingual education? To this end, the following objectives were set: (1) to develop and validate a Didactic Sequence (DS) for teaching the chemical content Solutions, considering the context of bilingual education; (2) to analyze the results of the DS validation process, seeking improvements and contributions. The study is configured as qualitative research, and in order to organize the DS, we considered the official guidelines and directives for Deaf Education, as well as the theoretical and methodological references in the area. Thus, after producing the first version of the DS and preparing the validation instrument, we presented the proposal and then asked the participants (teachers and researchers/experts in the areas of Chemistry Teaching and Deaf Education) to fill in the validation form for evaluation and analysis of items such as structure and organization of the DS; problematization; contents and concepts; teaching methodologies; the school and the DS; and the relationship with the integral formation of the deaf student. As a result, considering the participants' contributions, we drew up a definitive proposal for the DS, our Educational Product, which aims to contribute to teaching chemistry to deaf students in a bilingual teaching context. Finally, we can say that the production of specific teaching materials, which take into account elements of the culture and experience of the deaf community, allows us to move forward on important issues in our area of research and thus contribute to making the processes of teaching and learning chemistry more meaningful and inclusive.