Formação de professores e inclusão: concepções dos formandos do curso de licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas

Abstract

It is important to think of schoo l inclusion as a p rocess of enrichment, both for the teacher's learning and for the students, whether they are people with disabilities or not. Therefore, it is necessary that the teacher has in his/her initial training the basis to better understand the i nclusion processes and the alternatives of inclusive activities and methodologies. This research aims to analyze the conceptions of Biological Sciences undergraduate students of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC , acronym in Portuguese ) about the inclusi on of visually impaired people in basic e ducation. To do so, a qualitative study was carried out, where the observation of the data was done through the answers obtained through questionnaires and literature related to the theme of the work. It is evident that despite understanding the importanc e of school inclusion, the students do not feel prepared to work in inclusive classrooms. Thus, it is expected that the discussion held in this research will stimulate reflection on the importance of having in the in itial training the necessary support to know, even if superficially, the specificities of people with disabilities, as well as ways to plan inclusive classes, since these teachers, when starting their work in a basic education school, have great chances of teaching people with disabilities.