Abstract

BARBUIO, Rodrigo  and  FREITAS, Ana Paula de. NARRATIVES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL EXPERIENCES. Revista Teias [online]. 2023, vol.24, n.73, pp.57-69.  Epub Aug 24, 2023. ISSN 1982-0305.  https://doi.org/10.12957/teias.2023.74048.

The study focuses on the issue of school inclusion from the point of view of students with disabilities in their final years of elementary school. It is a research guided by the theoretical-methodological assumptions of the historical-cultural perspective of human development, in articulation with a narrative research. Supported by the questioning about how students with disabilities have experienced the common school, this investigation aimed to understand the meanings that they attribute to school experiences. The fieldwork took place in a public school in a city in São Paulo with three students with disabilities. The main instrument for constructing data was the oral narrative produced by the study participants while they interacted with the researcher. The speeches were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed in light of the theoretical framework. The results indicate that the students, in their report, reveal the meanings that the school and school practices have produced on them: feelings such as frustration, misunderstanding, loneliness and silencing are exposed. The findings contribute to reflections on possible ways to implement more inclusive pedagogical practices.

Keywords : cultural-historical theory; inclusive education; students with disabilities; narrative research; experience.

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