Educação especial no ensino de química: Mapeamento de artigos científicos em periódicos nacionais e internacionais

Abstract

The path of Special Education began in the 16th century, with doctors and pedagogues who believed that it was possible to educate everyone. However, a long way was necessary until the promulgation of the Salamanca Statement, in 1994, a document that addresses the principles, policies and practices within the scope of Special Education. In Brazil, the Law of Lines of Direction and Bases of the Education (LDB) is established with great support for the regulations already listed by the Federal Constitution, regulating the need for specialized support to educate students with disabilities. On the issue of Chemistry teaching, and considering the intrinsic specificities of the area, it is necessary for teachers to be prepared to receive students with disabilities in their classrooms. Thus, the objective of this work was to carry out a bibliographic research through the mapping of scientific articles on Chemistry teaching, published in national and international journals, within the scope of Special Education. For the specific objectives to be achieved, a search for articles was carried out on CAPES Scientific Journals Portal and after that, the articles were selected and classified for content analysis. The search covered a time span from 1994 to 2021, using the descriptors "Ensino de química" and the filters "Educação Especial" or "Educação Inclusiva" for national articles. For international articles, the term "Chemistry Education" was used with the “inclusive” and “disabilities” filters. The articles were categorized according to the following criteria: journals, types of disabilities, target audience, year of publication and Qualis. Subsequently, they were analyzed based on the educational proposals presented. The productions selected within the established criteria resulted in 27 articles, which were analyzed and had their data tabulated. Twelve different journals were found, 3 international and 9 national. In these, the target audience, the number of articles per year, the geographic region to which the authors' HEIs belong, the keywords and the Qualis of the journals were evaluated. Among the evaluated articles, some presented proposals for adaptations so that it is possible to include students with disabilities in Chemistry classes, as well as dealing with the importance of initial and continuing education for Science teachers.