Projeto "Feira de Ciências" na perspectiva inclusiva: contribuições para práticas pedagógicas de produção textual

Abstract

The current work covers the study of a case in which was developed based on the project “Science Fairs of Basic Education” organized by UNIPAMPA campus Bage / RS, in 2018 and 2019. This research aims to investigate the contributions of the “Science Fair Project” (2018-2019) to the accomplishment of pedagogical practices in an inclusive perspective with focus on textual production inserted in projects of scientific initiation, regarding the learning of students with disabilities and providing teachers pedagogical alternatives that simplify the teaching-learning process. For this purpose, a theoretical basis about the researched theme was sought in the literature and the execution of two Basic Education science fairs were observed. The fairs happened in Candiota/RS and at UNIPAMPA campus Bage/RS, both partof the “Science Fair Project” (UNIPAMPA, 2018-2019). In order to achieve the project goals, a qualitative research of the “case of study” type was conducted by collecting data through questionnaires and interviews made with the coordinators of the fairs and with students’ mentors as well as the analysis of the records made throughout the supervision of the work presented by students during the fairs. The results indicate that the inclusion and interaction between the students with disabilities and the other members of the group provided them motivation to prepare and present their work by making them overcome barriers such as shyness and insecurity, and encouraging the reading, writing, and text interpretation practice, as well as textual production. Overcoming these difficulties and having the opportunity to create indicate improvement in learning and also satisfies the students with disabilities, as they could feel welcomed and capable of doing it with the different groups they have worked with. Therefore, by conducting this research, it was possible to identify the inclusive potential as well as the one for textual production provided by both, the “Science Fair Project” UNIPAMPA (2018-2019) and the “Science Fair”, in Candiota/RS.