INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: A LOOK AT EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES WOVEN ON THE SCHOOL FLOOR

Abstract

Inclusive Education has currently been the subject of several discussions, triggering serious educational and social implications. It can be understood as a contemporary conception of education that aims to guarantee the right of all to education, for this, it presupposes equal opportunities and the appreciation of human differences, thus contemplating the ethnic, social, cultural, intellectual, physical, sensorial and gender diversities of human beings. It implies the transformation of the culture, practices and policies in force in the school and in the education systems, in order to guarantee access, participation, development and learning for all, without exception. This master's research entitled - Inclusive Education and the Person with Disabilities: a look at educational policies and practices woven on the school floor - is in progress and is part of the line of research on educational policies, by the Graduate Program in Education of the Federal University of Paraíba. The study is characterized by a qualitative and exploratory approach. The analysis of the information obtained will occur through a critical-reflective approach. Students, mothers or guardians of the students and their respective teachers will participate in the research. The problem of the research is posed in the following question: In view of the Brazilian laws of inclusion of people with disabilities, what policies and practices are woven on the school floor, from the perspective of Inclusive Education? The field study will take place in two municipal schools in the city of João Pessoa-PB: one located in a peripheral neighborhood and the other located in the center of the city. Thinking about Inclusive Education leads to the reflection of the intrinsic relationship between this social phenomenon and the context in which the curricular developments about the schooling process of people with disabilities occur. The school, like any institution, is altered in accordance with social changes.