Chemistry teaching for students with visual impairment: a study of the potentialities and weaknesses of investigative actions developed in higher education

• Grant number: 18/16913-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2019
• End date: December 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Specific topics in Education
• Principal Investigator: Estéfano Vizconde Veraszto
• Grantee: Marina Lima Guedes Geraldo
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CCA). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Araras , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The participation of students with visual impairment in regular education has increased. In this context, studies have been and are being developed at the Federal University of São Carlos, at the Araras campus, which sought to create inclusive education alternatives that could be used in regular education, based on the understanding of chemical concepts by visually impaired individuals. In this sense, this project aims, from the analysis of the works, to show potentialities and weaknesses to make these proposals effective, in order to develop strategies that can overcome them. It also intends to compare these proposals with other works developed in Brazil that have as scope the same theme. The results should be used for the development of methodologies and activities of teaching chemistry for the visually impaired in an inclusive perspective.