Potencialidades silentes: identificando alunos surdos com altas habilidades/superdotação ou talentos em sala de aula¹

Abstract

The concept of high abilities / highlygifted has been accompanied by extensive discussions and supported in many countries, involving different opinions and theories. This terminology is used to identify individuals who are located within a range of 3% to 5% of people with above average capacity in some area of expertise or doings. It should be mentioned that regardless of gender or socioeconomic status, these individuals are distributed among men and women of all social sectors, including people who have some type of disability. Accordingly, we proceeded to identify high ability / gifted students with hearing loss enrolled in a school in the public school system for the deaf in the city of Fortaleza. The overall objective was to identify high ability / gifted students enrolled in deaf in Elementary Education. Specifically aimed to : i ) verify the design of high skills presented by educators , ii ) identify characteristics that are recognized by teachers as high skills in students with deafness and iii ) determine the prevalence of traditional meanings , based on academic performance , or contemporary , the entire subject related concepts . For this purpose, semi-structured interviews addressed the 17 teachers, 33 students and 26 family members in the period from March to June 2013 were conducted in a total of 76 respondents . Teachers participated in a continuing education course on the topic, and after evaluating a total of 323 deaf students , 33 identified with signs of high ability / gifted , the approximate proportion provided in the literature . The identification of high ability / gifted learners with disabilities to contribute to a significant change in the way pupils relate to this traditionally defined by their deficits rather than their abilities.