Instrumentos didáticos e produtos educacionais voltados a estudantes cegos ou com baixa visão

Abstract

The conventional learning environment has undergone numerous significant changes, especially after a long-lasting and devastating pandemic. And in this tangle of questions and reflections, the presence of students with visual impairment stands out, who depend on the committed look of teachers for satisfactory development. Therefore, starting to delve into the universe of the visually impaired, it is necessary in terms of purpose, a descriptive and documentary research being carried out in educational bibliographic references. As a guiding question, we need to know the methodologies used in the classroom for students with low vision/blindness. And general objective: To understand the methodologies used in Educational Products through Courses for blind and/or low vision students. Specific objectives include: Identifying the intended audience and the methodologies used in these Educapes courses; Analyze the methodologies covered in terms of their suitability for these students’ learning process. Highlighting the relevance of researching and obtaining results that can bring contributions that collaborate with students who demand this specialized service. This work searched within the Educapes repository for ongoing educational products with methodologies, only in the year 2023, aimed at students blind or with low vision. To achieve the results of this research, we spoke with Lopes, Silva, Oliveira, Matoan, among others. As results obtained we have workshops, activities, materials, some very limited instruments or methodologies offered to the public in question and as a conclusion it can be said that there is still a lot of work to be done, research, deepen and fight for the insertion of these methodologies and that every day their presence in regular classrooms