Formação de professores de alunos com necessidades educacionais especiais no ensino regular

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the education of teachers who work with students with Special Education Needs in regular schools, in light of the fact that the majority of teachers plan their pedagogical work based on their initial education, and add to it knowledge and strategies deemed necessary during their careers. The main authors that subsidize the work are Freire, Garcia, Imbernón, Mantoan, Mizukami, Nóvoa, Sacristán and Tardif. The legislation and terminology pertaining to the educational context were also used to provide a basis for the dialog of the theoretical principles and for the opinion that the educators of a public school have on education. As for research methodology, the choice was the qualitative approach. The procedures used in the present study were bibliographic research, supported by the analysis of some national and international documents; individual semistructured interviews; and content analysis. Field research was conducted with educators from an elementary school located in a city of the state of São Paulo that included students with Special Education Needs. The collected data were then compared with the theoretical framework. Results show that the teachers current initial education virtually does not approach the education of students with Special Education Needs. The teachers personal processes of self-education and continuing education have to meet this kind of demand. The teachers stated that their need to obtain basic information about disabilities is fundamental, due to fear of the emergence of physical problems, but, above all, to subsidize them in their pedagogical practice. Education as a permanent process that is both individual and collective can provide the teacher with knowledge to promote the inclusion of these students, but this implies attitudes and commitment to the formation of an environment in which diversity is the central focus of the learning process. In addition, public schools need to make investments, as their discourse is inclusive, but they have difficulties in changing the formats and organization in order to provide the adequate education for teachers so that they can educate students with special education needs