A escola inclusiva enquanto contexto de desenvolvimento: um estudo dos fatores de risco e proteção

Abstract

The set of the involved researches in this work tried to investigate the inclusive school while a developmental context, through four studies. These studies had been directed to discuss the risk or protective factors present in the inclusive school environment. The first study investigated the interactions between a student with visual impairment and her colleagues in an inclusive classroom, with the objective to investigate how the relations of friendship are established in this context of development; the second study tried to understand the vision of students with disabilities on their social support network; the third study aimed to analyze the vision of teachers and educational technician about the educational inclusion of students with disabilities in common classrooms; and the fourth study achieved an investigation on the conception of mothers of students with disabilities concerning the inclusive school with the objective to analyze how the protective and risk factors are configured inside of the inclusive school context. The bioecological model of the human development proposed by Bronfenbrenner is presented as the theoretical basis of this research that was accomplished through the naturalistic observation and the ecological insertion of the researcher in the research environment. The results of the researches had disclosed important questions and controversies on the process of educational inclusion.