A utilização do jardim sensorial na APAE/PB como recurso de ensino e aprendizagem.

Abstract

The difficulty of inserting people with disabilities in regular education was something that for a long time ended up being depreciated, generating many doubts and fear in some parents and / or family members or a feeling of reception by society. With the obstacles present in the teaching and learning process of these people, some researchers develop means that facilitate pedagogical learning. Thus, the interaction of students with disabilities with the natural environment, in addition to being different, makes teaching and learning dynamic and pleasurable. Referring to the functional idea that the sensorial garden has, this proposal for functional / educational execution and the use of this didactic resource in an APAE / PB was born. In this study, we sought to evaluate the pedagogical use of the sensory garden, highlighting its benefits for didactic purposes, with a view to the well-being of users. In the midst of this, it becomes necessary to understand the history of disability and all of its adversity to know how important and necessary it is to fight for the rights of people with disabilities in society. The research in question was carried out at the Association of Parents and Friends of the Exceptional, in the municipality of Areia PB, and it was a qualitative and quantitative research. As a research instrument, a semi-structured questionnaire was applied to 9 teachers at the institution. This work also contains a support booklet that would be destined for the training of teachers who, due to the Coronavirus, were unable to do so. At APAE, the sensory garden is used both in the educational and clinical fields, in which the use of the garden in the institution is done regularly. With the information obtained, it was found that the importance of using the Sensory Garden for the development and interaction of people with disabilities is clear and in general, the objective of the garden is being reached, even if incipiently, with each visit provided by the teachers , each activity performed by the students and each study that took place in space. However, the data show the need for teacher training for research participants to improve the use of the sensory garden as an educational practice, in addition to sensory aspects.