Marisa Feffermann

Atitudes de Professores em Relação à Educação Inclusiva

In order to analyze the attitudes of teachers towards inclusive education by means of the critical theory of the society, 14 elementary school teachers with and without experience with this type of education were interviewed; the teachers worked in public and private schools. The majority of the peopleinterviewed declared they were favorable to the inclusive education considering appropriate conditions such as: human resources, reduction of students in class, restriction to the number of students with intellectual disability, the necessity of the teacher to be an specialist in inclusive education and the presence of health professionals (such as doctors, psychologists and fonoaudiologists) in the school as well as the support of other teachers in class. As for the benefits and damages of the inclusive education, the results showed that the majority of the teachers thinks that the students without disability consider they are superior to the classmates with disability and half of the interviewed think that the presence of the students with disability does not disturb the apprenticeship of the students without disability; eventually, the majority of the teachers considers that the inclusive education favor both socialization and learning of the students with disability.

EDUCAÇÃO INCLUSIVA: ESCOLHA E REJEIÇÃO ENTRE ALUNOS

This work reports a research about inclusive education which objective was to verify if there are differences in preferences and rejections made by students considered as an inclusive status by the schools and their classmates, as well as the reasons for the preferences and rejections. A Proximity Scale has been built among the students and was applied in two classrooms: in a public school (one student considered in an inclusive status) and in a private school (three students considered in an inclusive status). It was observed that there was no difference among students, in both classes, regarding the frequency of choice or rejection and the reasons therefore. Reasons presented for choosing or not choosing classmates for school assignments denote an ideal of productivity and competitive relations. In social relations like playing or visiting classmates, being cool or friendly was appreciated.

Teachers attitudes towards inclusive education

In order to analyze the attitudes of teachers towards inclusive education by means of the critical theory of the society, 14 elementary school teachers with and without experience with this type of education were interviewed; the teachers worked in public and private schools. The majority of the peopleinterviewed declared they were favorable to the inclusive education considering appropriate conditions such as: human resources, reduction of students in class, restriction to the number of students with intellectual disability, the necessity of the teacher to be an specialist in inclusive education and the presence of health professionals (such as doctors, psychologists and fonoaudiologists) in the school as well as the support of other teachers in class. As for the benefits and damages of the inclusive education, the results showed that the majority of the teachers thinks that the students without disability consider they are superior to the classmates with disability and half of the interviewed think that the presence of the students with disability does not disturb the apprenticeship of the students without disability; eventually, the majority of the teachers considers that the inclusive education favor both socialization and learning of the students with disability.

Actitudes de maestros con relación a la educación inclusiva

In order to analyze the attitudes of teachers towards inclusive education by means of the critical theory of the society, 14 elementary school teachers with and without experience with this type of education were interviewed; the teachers worked in public and private schools. The majority of the peopleinterviewed declared they were favorable to the inclusive education considering appropriate conditions such as: human resources, reduction of students in class, restriction to the number of students with intellectual disability, the necessity of the teacher to be an specialist in inclusive education and the presence of health professionals (such as doctors, psychologists and fonoaudiologists) in the school as well as the support of other teachers in class. As for the benefits and damages of the inclusive education, the results showed that the majority of the teachers thinks that the students without disability consider they are superior to the classmates with disability and half of the interviewed think that the presence of the students with disability does not disturb the apprenticeship of the students without disability; eventually, the majority of the teachers considers that the inclusive education favor both socialization and learning of the students with disability.