O Ensino de Ciências Sob o Olhar da Cultura Surda

Este capítulo apresenta um relato que perpassa pela experiência do ensino-aprendizado da disciplina de Ciências com alunos do 6° ao 9° ano do ensino fundamental da escola bilíngue de surdos AAVIDA (Assistência Audio-Visual para Deficientes auditivos) na cidade de Divinópolis/ Minas Gerais. Para a sua constituição foi considerado o ensino da disciplina de ciências sob o olhar da cultura surda. O objetivo é apresentar um estudo das implicações que a cultura e identidade surda trazem para o contexto de ensino – aprendizagem da disciplina de ciências, visto que o atendimento educacional se torna efetivo a partir do conhecimento do sujeito e suas especificidades. Propõe-se ainda a apresentar artefatos que contribuirão para elaboração de um processo de ensino-aprendizado amoldado na cultura surda produzindo significados que dão sentido às ações pedagógicas. 

Teaching-learning process and teaching methodology in Portuguese for the deaf under the perspective of inclusive education

For years, the discrepancies faced by deaf students in the teaching of the Portuguese language were due to the lack of hearing. Recently, these failures have been attributed to the use of inadequate teaching methodologies and to the lack of communication through Libras between the deaf and the hearers. This article aims at reporting a research study that analyzed the teaching-learning processes from the point of view of a deaf elementary student in Viçosa/MG. The project was primarily developed by a qualitative approach, by utilizing the bibliographical review, the participant observation and the field diary. Results showed the communicative interactions were restrained, since teachers and hearing students were not fluent in Libras, and there was no interpreter available. The methodology was mostly expositive, with a predominance of oral resources. The findings demonstrated the challenges faced by the deaf students are numerous, since the school does not offer the structure to meet their needs, and the teachers do not have the required education to work in an inclusive school environment. This article reports some methodological proposals for the teaching of Portuguese that were elaborated and applied within an inclusive context, all following PCN orientations. It reinforces the need to invest in teacher training to meet the demands of inclusive education to improve the quality of the classes offered to the deaf in regards to the teaching-learning process for Portuguese.