Trajetória escolar de Letícia: uma adolescente com síndrome de Down

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This research has as objective to reflect on the school years of Letícia, a teenager with Downs syndrome, regularly registered in basic education initial grades, of a regular private school in the metropolitan area of Campinas. The theoretical basis is based on the historical-cultural perspective. This view opposes the traditional conceptions of mental deficiency and is supported, especially, in the contributions of Vygotsky, who built his theory basing on the individual development as a result of a social-historical process, focusing the role of the language and the learning in the development. The central question is the knowledge application through the person interaction with the culture. As methodological procedure I used participant observation, field record, documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews. I made semi-structured interviews with Letícia, her parents, professionals and teachers who work at the school she attends nowadays. I made some comments at the school from August to December, during the second term of 2007. I also made documentary analysis: since the school pedagogical project, school planning, its rules, didactic material, academic activities and tests, done by this student. The final results show that the biological factor Downs syndrome does not constitute as determinant for the exclusion of school trajectories. It is also necessary the effectiveness of public policies related to the training of teachers, the access to knowledge produced by humanity, effective participation and social mobilization of the people with Downs syndrome.

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practical pedagogical educacao downs syndrome práticas pedagógicas síndrome de down formation of professors formação de professores

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