Contribuições do ensino de libras na formação inicial do pedagogo

Abstract

Since I started the Pedagogy course, I have been concerned about the lack of qualified professionals to work in Special Education. In order to increasingly specialize in this area, I participated in extension courses at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) and in academic and social events that discuss the topic. Based on my experience interpreting for a deaf colleague at my workplace over ten years ago. The inclusion of deaf people in society, in all aspects, is essential to promote equality and accessibility. And this article has the general objective of documenting the contributions of Teaching Libras to the training of Pedagogues. The following specific objectives were listed: describing the historical aspects of Libras in Brazil; identify the importance of teaching Libras for inclusion; and discuss the subject of Libras in the context of pedagogue training. Methodologically, this is a qualitative study based on (Bogdan; Biklen, 1994), with a bibliographical research methodological approach. As a theoretical contribution, studies on the education of deaf students, Brazilian Sign Language (Libras), Pedagogy as a learning factor and the teaching of Libras in the training of pedagogues were used. The results discussed in the annexes of this article demonstrate that the course load for the Libras discipline is insufficient and does not provide comprehensive training to work with deaf students in regular education. On the other hand, contributions towards awakening new perspectives on deaf culture, providing opportunities for debates and configuring itself as a space for breaking down prejudices.