Social representations of the undergraduate deaf students of the Letras-Libras course

Authors

  • Simone Saldanha Carneiro Costa Secretaria de Educação do Distrito Federal
  • Celeste Azulay Kelman Faculdade de Educação da UFRJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1984686X5451

Keywords:

Deaf, Higher education, Bilingualism, Signlanguage.

Abstract

A research was conducted which main purpose was to analyze the social representations of the deaf students and professionals of the Letras -Libras course - Distance Learning at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) about the deaf student. The paper here presented emphasizes data collected on the questionnaire applied to deaf students enrolled on this course. Results show what kind of social representations deaf people have about themselves and about their educational situation. Results also show the importance of a bilingual education for the Deaf and stresses how this kind of course is suitable to empowerment and make themfeel more equal and capable. Therefore, bilingual education can promote changings in the representations they have about themselves and about their learning.

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Author Biographies

Simone Saldanha Carneiro Costa, Secretaria de Educação do Distrito Federal

Mestre em Educação pela universidade de Brasília. professora /intérprete de Libras da Secretaria de Educação do Distrito Federal.

Celeste Azulay Kelman, Faculdade de Educação da UFRJ

Professor adjunto do Programa de Pós Graduação em Educação da Faculdade de Educação da UFRJ

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Published

2013-06-06

How to Cite

Costa, S. S. C., & Kelman, C. A. (2013). Social representations of the undergraduate deaf students of the Letras-Libras course. Special Education Magazine, 26(46), 437–450. https://doi.org/10.5902/1984686X5451

Issue

Revista Educação Especial, v. 26, n. 46, maio/ago. 2013

Section

Continuous Demand

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