Língua brasileira de sinais aplicada ao ensino da química

Abstract

Sign language is the language used for communication between deaf people, and between deaf and hearing people. Deaf people have fought for centuries for the right to have their form of communication recognized in a society dominated by listeners. Much has already been achieved in this sphere, but there are still challenges to be overcome in which one is the teaching of science through pounds and in particular the teaching of chemistry will be addressed in this study. This paper aims to know the reality of chemistry teaching for deaf students using the Brazilian Sign Language (pounds). Since chemistry is a science that has difficult and complex naming symbols, forms and formulas for most students without any limitations, for deaf people understanding is even more complicated, it is also a challenge for teachers and interpreters. transmit this science to deaf students who have the Brazilian Sign Language as their official language. This research aims to evaluate the transmission of chemistry teaching to deaf students for a better understanding of chemistry assimilation by these students. Through research conducted at the Cearense Institute of Deaf Education (ICES) it was possible to know a little of this challenge faced by chemistry teachers and students with deafness. This case study was essential to allow us to have a sense of how this teaching has been transmitted and received by the people involved in the research. It was possible to observe the great interest of the teacher to be clear enough to be understood and the interest of the students to understand the chemistry in their own language. And it was notorious the desire of both groups to advance in the study of chemistry through the Brazilian sign language.