A experiência visual como elemento facilitador na educação em ciências para alunos surdos

Abstract

This work addresses some aspects of education for deaf students, emphasizing the visual experience as a facilitating element in these students’ learning. The present work was carried out during the first author’s activities as a teacher in a school for deaf students in the city of Parintins, state of Amazonas. The activities were developed taking into consideration aspects of visual and spatial perception with the goal of having deaf students acquire necessary skills to construct their own knowledge. Therefore, we propose pedagogical activities to teach various curricular contents, including science, with the aim of facilitating and improving deaf students’ meaningful learning. The pedagogical activities included games, concrete materials and objects, and field trips. In addition, we promoted activities that involved the visual and spatial channels such as images, hands-on, and drawing, considering that deaf students’ learning is mediated by these sensory channels. The use of the Brazilian Sign Language (BSL) to communicate, interact, and stimulate development of deaf students is very necessary in this teaching-learning process. Keywords: Education; Deafness; Visual-Spatial Perception.