Profile of elementary school teachers of a public network about learning disabilities

Authors

  • Andréa Carla Machado Universidade Federal de São Carlos
  • Karina Kelly Borges Faculdade de Medicina de São Jóse do Rio Preto- FAMERP. SP.
  • Maria da Piedade Resende da Costa Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCAR
  • Maria Amelia Almeida Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCAR

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1984686X7907

Keywords:

Learning disability, Teachers, School.

Abstract

This study set out to identify the knowledge of him who acts directly with the student, the teacher, so consider it an important character in the process of identifying students with learning disabilities. So the goal was to verify and analyze the knowledge of the professor regarding the learning disorder. To meet the goal, it was applied a questionnaire with open and closed questions in 78 teachers of both genders with a predominance of the female, with an average age of 35 years and 7 months belonging to a public elementary school in a medium-sized town in the State of São Paulo in Brazil. In the analysis it was observed three groups of teachers, those who have knowledge, those who have partial knowledge, and those who are not aware of the matter. Becomes of utmost importance taking place training projects for teachers reading, where they discuss their affective attitudes, personal experiences and pedagogical, the conceptions that he has on the learning disabilities, their characteristics, so that they can motivate students to learn.

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Author Biographies

Andréa Carla Machado, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Doutoranda pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Especial da Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCAR e University of Georgia - UGA - USA. Bolsista FAPESP.

 

Karina Kelly Borges, Faculdade de Medicina de São Jóse do Rio Preto- FAMERP. SP.

Neuropsicóloga da FAMERP – Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto e do IPECS – Instituto de Psicologia Educacional e Ciências da Saúde – Rio Preto – SP.

Maria da Piedade Resende da Costa, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCAR

Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Especial da Universidade Federal de São Carlos – UFSCAR – São Carlos – SP.

Maria Amelia Almeida, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCAR

Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Especial da Universidade Federal de São Carlos – UFSCAR – São Carlos – SP

Published

2015-05-11

How to Cite

Machado, A. C., Borges, K. K., Costa, M. da P. R. da, & Almeida, M. A. (2015). Profile of elementary school teachers of a public network about learning disabilities. Special Education Magazine, 28(52), 417–428. https://doi.org/10.5902/1984686X7907

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