O PROCESSO DE APRENDIZAGEM DO ALUNO COM NECESSIDADES EDUCACIONAIS ESPECIAIS NO ENSINO SUPERIOR - UCG

Abstract

This dissertation discusses the inclusion of special educational needs students in higher education, aiming at understanding how their learning process occurs at this level of education. It focuses on the social role of University in face of the movement for inclusive education, having UCG (Catholic University of Goiás) as the field of research and the students with special educational needs, enrolled in this university, as the subjects of investigation. This reflection is based upon he analyses of Sacristán (1993) about academical apprenticeship and its role in social mediation; upon the analyses of Coelho (1999) regarding the organization, didactic structure and commitment of both professors and students in building a University project and, finally, upon the proposals of Chauí (2001) over the democratic and social character of University. With the purpose of understanding the learning process of special educational needs students, the following items were considered in the Inclusive Education proposal: the studies of Charlot (2000), regarding the relations with knowledge, and Freire (1980) over consciousness and autonomy. For this study, qualitative research has been chosen as the methodology approach, with the use of two procedures for data collection: bibliography research and field research, through interview and observation. The data were interpreted based upon content analysis, using Learning and Inclusive Education as analysis categories, with the purpose of evidencing how these students perceive inclusion, how they see themselves in the learning process, the difficulties they faced and, finally, how they learn.