O que significa mediar o processo de escolarização de alunos com deficiência intelectual? Concepções e práticas docentes

Abstract

This dissertation is linked to the line of research: Contemporary Studies and Educational Practices of the Graduate Program in Education, Contemporary Contexts and Popular Demands (PPGEduc) of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ) and the Observatory of Education Program (OBEDUC), funded by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) entitled "The schooling of students with intellectual disabilities: public policies, cognitive processes and evaluation of learning". Three postgraduate programs participate in this project: Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC) and University of Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI). This dissertation aims to analyze the multiple dimensions of school inclusion, at the interfaces between the teaching conceptions and the mediation processes of the learning of students with intellectual disabilities, in the common classes of schools in the Baixada Fluminense. For this, the following specific objectives were outlined: analyze the conceptions of mediation and school inclusion from the perspective of teachers; Identify the level of involvement of students with intellectual disabilities and their learning in this process. As a theoretical basis, we refer to the historical-cultural perspective of Vygotsky. The methodology was based on the qualitative perspective because we believe that research of this magnitude allows us an analysis that considers the particularities of the investigated reality. As data collection instruments, we used classroom observation, the scale of involvement, open interviews and semi-structured questionnaires. For the analysis of the data we used the content analysis that allowed us to relate the data obtained in the research with the theoretical reference that guides the study. In these aspects, after the data analysis, the results indicate that the level of involvement of the subjects with intellectual disability in the proposed activities is entirely related to the pedagogical mediations directed to them. In addition, the data showed that quality mediations work as compensatory in the schooling process of subjects with intellectual disability, providing the acquisition of scientific concepts and the development of higher psychological functions. However, it has become clear that it is not any kind of mediation that provides learning opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities. The research also presents the teaching conceptions about the policy of school inclusion, the historical-cultural perspective and its concepts. Finally, contemporary reflections on the schooling process of students with intellectual disabilities in the Baixada Fluminense are presented.