<b>Inclusion of people with visual impairment in distance education

  • Taissa Vieira Lozano Burci Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Maria Luisa Furlan Costa Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Keywords: communication and information digital technologies, assistive technology, higher education in Brazil, distance education.

Abstract

In face of education challenges, social and legal changes considering social inclusion, the objective of this article was to present results obtained in Master degree in Education, which analyzed the process of educational inclusion of visually impaired people in undergraduate distance education courses in Brazil, using communication and information digital technologies and assistive technology. The research analyzed twelve articles from five categories of pre-defined analysis: contributions from Distance education to students with visual impairment; mediation using communication and information digital technology and assistive technology; fragility between distance education and student with visual impairment; challenges in pedagogical practice and also the learning process to achieve educational inclusion. The results show that studies on this topic are recent, but the existing processes says the learning distance contribute with educational inclusion of these students, when provide the access to a quality education and guarantees the student’s right established by law. The main challenges are teacher’s mediation, training, accessibility of learning virtual environments and the control of technologies by teachers and students.

 

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Author Biographies

Taissa Vieira Lozano Burci, Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Graduada em Pedagogia pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2009). Especialista em Educação Especial pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2012). Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2016). Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Estadual de Maringá (Turma 2016). Bolsista da Capes (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior)
Maria Luisa Furlan Costa, Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Graduada em História pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM); Mestre em Educação pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Doutora em Educação pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (Unesp/Araraquara). Professora Adjunta do Departamentos de Fundamentos da Educação e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Estadual de Maringá.
Published
2018-03-01
How to Cite
Burci, T. V. L., & Costa, M. L. F. (2018). <b&gt;Inclusion of people with visual impairment in distance education. Acta Scientiarum. Education, 40(2), e32212. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascieduc.v40i2.32212
Section
Teachers' Formation and Public Policy