Estudo evolutivo de concepções de crianças e adolescentes sem deficiência sobre as deficiências e suas atitudes sociais em relação à inclusão

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Maewa Martina Gomes da Silva e [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Inclusão social; Educação inclusiva; Deficientes; Crianças; Adolescentes; Inclusive education
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/110471

The conceptions and attitudes about disability have significant implications on how the disabled are treated, to relate to other people. Given these considerations, this study was guided by two general objectives. To better achieve these objectives, two studies, each with a respective objective were outlined. Study 1 aimed to investigate the conceptions of children and adolescents without disabilities over the four disabilities identified in traditionally distinct categories: intellectual disabilities, visual impairments, physical disabilities and hearing impairment. The purpose of Study 2 was to examine the social attitudes of those children and adolescents in relation to the inclusion of people with disabilities. Participated in both studies 93 children and adolescents without disabilities enrolled in two public schools located in a town in the state of São Paulo. Data collection took place by means of two instruments: a questionnaire prepared based on another similar instrument, and a Children's Scale of Social Attitudes towards Inclusion. Data were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively, and, in Study 1, which was dedicated to the concepts of disability, drew up four categories: 1) ignorance, 2) fanciful idea, 3) misinformation and 4) favorable response. Comparisons between the frequency of categories of answers found through the Mann-Whitney tests were also performed. The results of this study suggest that participants have different concepts, according to the different categories of disability. They reveal more appropriate concepts of hearing impairment, first, second, visual impairment, thirdly, physical disabilities, and finally, about intellectual disabilities. Furthermore, participants showed difficulties with regard to the causes and implications of the disabilities in all categories, relating to three types of possibilities: a problem during pregnancy or birth, some kind of...