Educar igual a motivar o conhecimento criativo (E=MC2) : a inteligência como patrimônio humano e social¹

Abstract

Gifted people correspond to a proportion from 3 to 5% of the world population, including disabled people. The project Educar Igual a Motivar o Conhecimento Criativo (E=MC2) provides the due educational for deaf students who are also gifted or talented. It is the result of a partnership between Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) and Instituto Cearense de Educação de Surdos (ICES). The project intends to develop a model of identification e education for deaf students who are also gifted or talented. In the first semester, 520 students of ICES, 15 teachers of ICES and 25 students of Psychology of UFC - from graduation and post-graduation - were benefitted by this project; 560 subjects altogether. In the second semester, 500 deaf students of ICES will be submitted to a diagnostic evaluation and it will be provided a teaching formation course in D.Ed. for 50 teachers of ICES.