Produção de materiais didáticos acessíveis para o ensino de química orgânica inclusivo

Abstract

The rights for the visually impaired persons have evolved greatly over time, earning both legal and academic gains so that law guarantees inclusion of these students in regular Education. However, the teacher is not always prepared to work with these students. When it comes to Chemistry Teaching in both Basic Education and undergraduate courses, the main problems are lack of accessible and inclusive didactic material; lack of proposals of inclusive teaching methodologies and lack of adequate trained teacher. In Organic Chemistry study, understanding the different structural and spatial arrangements of molecules is fundamental. However, for most of the students, understanding the arrangement of molecules in a three-dimensional context is particularly difficult. Knowing that this difficulty of teaching / learning is maximized when the teacher has students who are blind or have low vision in the classroom, an inclusive kit was elaborated for the three-dimensional study of organic compounds. The kit and the suggested method were evaluated and validated in a training workshop for undergraduate students of Chemistry at UFF, who have scholarships awarded by the Program for Scholarships for Beginner Teachers (In Portuguese: Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação à Docência – PIBID). Key words: Chemistry Teaching; Visual Deficiency; Organic Chemistry; Inclusive kit.