Language issues for deaf students in higher education

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Waldma Maíra Menezes de Oliveira ◽  
Ivanilde Apoluceno de Oliveira

Apresenta um recorte da dissertação intitulada “Representações Sociais de educandos surdos sobre a atuação do Intérprete Educacional no Ensino Superior”, queobjetiva analisar as representações sociais de educandos surdos sobre o Intérprete Educacional, buscando identificar as implicações destas representações na aprendizagem e no processo de inclusão educacional dos educandos surdos. Os objetivos específicos são: investigar as imagens e os sentidos atribuídos pelos alunos surdos ao Intérprete de Língua de Sinais, na prática educacional; e identificar como as Representações Sociais sobre os Intérpretes, por parte dos educandos surdos, interferem no processo de sua aprendizagem educacional. Os sujeitos da pesquisa são dez educandos surdos que partilharam suas representações sobre atuação do Intérprete Educacional no nível superior A investigação apresenta enfoque qualitativo, com o uso, nos seus procedimentos, de um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturada e da técnica do desenho. A abordagem no campo das Representações Sociais é a processual, de Moscovici (2009), por tratar sobre a gênese das Representações Sociais, analisando os processos de sua formação, a partir da historicidade e do contexto de produção, formando, assim, dois processos de representações: a objetivação e a ancoragem, que têm uma relação dialética entre si. De acordo com os resultados das representações sociais dos educandos surdos, o Intérprete Educacional é peça fundamental na construção da inclusão, haja vista que, sem ele, esses educandos ficam isolados, sem informação e sem aprendizagem. Desse modo, a esse profissional é atribuída a responsabilidade de educar, interpretar e orientar o surdo no contexto do ensino superior.IMAGES AND MEANINGS OF THE EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETER BY DEAF LEARNERS IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAbstractI present a section of the dissertation titled “Social Representations of deaf students on the performance of the Educational Interpreter in Higher Education”. This paper main goal is to analyze the social representations by deaf learners on the educational interpreter, seeking to identify the implications of these representations for their learning and inclusion process. The specific objectives are: to investigate the images and meanings attributed by deaf students to the Sign Language Interpreter and to identify how the social representations interfere in their learning. The research participants are ten deaf students who shared their views on the Educational Interpreter’s performance at the higher education. The research presents a qualitative approach, with the use, in its procedures, of a semi-structured interview and drawing technique. This paper is based on the work of Moscovici (2009), which deals with the genesis of Social Representations. His theory analyses how they are constructed, considering the background and the production context and, thus, forming two processes of Representations: anchoring and objectification, which have a dialectical relationship between them and allow the creation of a figurative nucleus that presents itself with  a symbolic structure. The results show that the Educational Interpreter has a fundamental role in the inclusion, since without him the deaf learner becomes isolated, without access to information and without learning. Therefore, to this worker is assigned the responsibility of educating, interpreting and guiding the deaf person in the context of higher education.Keywords: Social Representations. Educational Interpreter. Deaf Learner.IMÁGENES Y SENTIDOS DE EDUCANDOS SORDOS SOBRE LA ACTUACIÓN DEL INTÉRPRETE EDUCACIONAL EN EDUCACIÓN SUPERIORResumenApresenta un recorte de la disertación titulada “Representaciones Sociales de los Estudiantes Sordos sobre la actuación del Interprete Educativo en la Educación Superior, que objetiva analizar las representaciones sociales de los educandos sordos sobre el intérprete educacional, buscando identificar las implicaciones de estas representaciones en el aprendizaje y proceso de inclusión educativo de los estudiantes sordos. Los objetivos específicos son: investigar las imágenes y los sentidos atribuidos por los alumnos sordos al Intérprete de Lenguaje de Señas en la práctica educacional e identificar como las Representaciones Sociales sobre los intérpretes, por parte de los estudiantes sordos, interfieren en el proceso de su aprendizaje educativo. Los sujetos de la investigación son 10 educandos sordos que compartieron sus representaciones sobre el trabajo del Interprete Educativo al nivel superior. La investigación presenta un enfoque cualitativo utilizando un plan de entrevistas semiestructuradas y una técnica de diseño. El enfoque utilizado en el campo de las Representaciones Sociales es el del proceso de Moscovici (2009), por tratar sobre el origen de las Representaciones Sociales, analizando los procesos de su formación, la cual considera la historicidad y el contexto de producción, formando así dos procesos de representaciones: la objetivación y el anclaje, que tienen una relación dialéctica entre sí. De acuerdo con los resultados de las representaciones sociales de los estudiantes sordos, el Intérprete Educativo es pieza fundamental en la construcción de la inclusión, ya que sin él, esos educandos quedan aislados, sin información y sin aprendizaje. De este modo, a este profesional le es atribuida la responsabilidad de educar, interpretar y orientar al sordo en el contexto de la enseñanza superior.Palabras claves: Representaciones Sociales. Intérprete educativo. Estudiante sordo.


Author(s):  
Cátia de Azevedo Fronza ◽  
Lodenir Becker Karnopp ◽  
Marjon Tammenga-Helmantel

Changes in the past two decades have improved the position of the deaf in Brazil: Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) is an officially recognized language, deaf children can go to school, and bilingual education is available to deaf students. However, many deaf children do not attend school, and enrollment rates in high school and higher education are low. Moreover, the language policy views of the Brazilian deaf movement and the Brazilian Ministry of Education do not align. The deaf movement pleads for bilingual deaf schools, whereas the Brazilian government follows an inclusion policy. This chapter presents an overview of the position of the deaf in Brazil and their participation in education, considering national deaf policy and its implications for and impact on deaf education. Teaching practices in bilingual education are discussed, and recommendations and challenges for Brazilian deaf education are considered.


Revista CEFAC ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Elias de Carvalho ◽  
Wanilda Maria Alves Cavalcanti ◽  
Josiane Almeida da Silva

ABSTRACT Purpose: to identify the contributions of scientific research with a view to overcoming the barriers in the teaching and learning process of the written Portuguese Language for deaf students. Methods: an integrative literature review of the articles published between 2012 and 2017 available in the electronic databases: Capes and Scielo, was conducted. To select the articles, descriptors were combined: Teaching, "Portuguese Language", Portuguese, deaf and deafness. Articles present in both databases, research whose focus was the teaching of Portuguese to higher education deaf students, articles that did not deal with Portuguese language teaching to the deaf, articles unavailable in Portuguese, were the exclusion criteria. Articles that addressed, somehow, Portuguese language teaching to the deaf, complete and published between the years of 2012 and 2017 were included. Results: 133 articles were found, 16 being selected after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. These studies, for the purpose of analysis, were categorized into types, being: experimental, bibliographic, documentary, ethnographic, action research, among others. Conclusion: the deaf still face several barriers for acquiring the written Portuguese language, however, the scholars, from their field of action, propose some strategies which can contribute to overcome them, such as: policy review, early acquisition of Libras, use of digital technologies in the classroom.


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