Interações da criança surda em escola comum

Abstract

This Master`s dissertation aims to analyze the interaction of deaf children in regular school environments so as to understand not only their interactions in the school context, but also the importance it takes on the acquisition of language and earning. This research, which is characterized as an exploratory case study, has, as it main subject, a ten-year old child, daughter of hearing parents, who is attending the 3rd grade of a public elementary school in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The choice of a regular education school as the focus of the investigation was based on the National Policy on Special Education from the Perspective of Inclusive Education, implemented in 2008, which is intended to ensure the inclusion of students with special education needs in regular schools. To theoretically support this study, the Vogotski`s cultural-historical paradigm was used as a guide. The collection of data is based on two levels of sources of evidence: the priority areas, consisting of semi-structured interviews with teachers and the girl`s mother, as well as field journal, made up of records of direct observations in classroom; and the support areas, consisting of videos recorded during visits to the school and follow-up records of the student`s daily life at school. The results show the need for changes in deaf children`s visibility in regular schools. Understanding deafness as a linguistic difference is crucial, since it is through this understanding that communication and the teaching-learning process will take place. It was possible to see that the poor communication between the girl and her peers compromised the quality of their interactions, also seriously interfering with the student`s learning process. In addition, the results not only demonstrate that there is a need to modify the mainstream programs of current schools, but also point to the need of serious reflections on the importance of interaction, dialogue and space for differences. The scenario that has been found confirms the need for new investigation and discussions on the aspects permeating education – said as an Inclusive one – and deaf students.