A inclusão de alunos com deficiência no Instituto de Artes e Design da Universidade Federal de Juiz de fora: desafios e perspectivas

Abstract

This thesis was developed within the program of Master in Management and Evaluation of Education (PPGP) of the Center for Public Policy and Evaluation of Education of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (CAEd / UFJF). The research seeks to verify the conditions of access, permanence and participation of students with disabilities in the Institute of Arts and Design (IAD) of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora. Since 2017 the Interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts has 3 students with disabilities, regularly attending the course and admitted through the quota system. The lack of specific inclusion policies, cultures and practices causes a number of disruptions, both for students and their families as well as for professors and the academic community. Since there was no plan to monitor their entry, there were poor accessible accessibility solutions. Thus, a change in attitude that starts from a model of integration, or even segregation, and goest to a more inclusive paradigm, implies the mobilization of various educational agents, especially in the institution by resource availability, the students by signaling their educational needs and the teacher by seeking a pedagogical formation directed to a change of educational ideology. It is important to understand that every individual has the right to choose an undergraduate degree that he or she wants to take, and it is the institution’s responsability to provide resources for those with disabilities, guaranteeing full access to knowledge and matching opportunities. The goal of this thesis is to present a diagnosis of the barriers to the inclusion of students with disabilities in the IAD based on the study of the three axes that govern the activities of daily education: policies, cultures and practices, elaborating possible solutions to reformulate the scenario and guaranteeing the right to access, permanence and participation of these students in their formative path. Ensuring this rights means that the education system must be restructured and that educational institutions must work with new values, materialized through articulated actions and participation of all the involved – authorities, managers, educators, technicians, staff, students, family members and the entire community.