Abstract

FREITAS, Ana Paula de  and  MONTEIRO, Maria Inês Bacellar. The concept formation by students with disabilities: what have studies shown?. Rev. Comunic [online]. 2016, vol.23, n.3, suppl., pp.369-385. ISSN 2238-121X.  https://doi.org/10.15600/2238-121X/comunicacoes.v23nespp369-385.

Understanding the process of concept formation by students with disabilities is critical in guiding our thoughts about educational actions that ensure the student’s development. Our aim was to investigate the debates regarding students with intellectual disabilities and their process of knowledge development. We carried out a review of the literature on the databases of SciELO-Brazil, Capes’ Journal Portal, and ANPEd meeting proceedings on concept formation and disability. To survey the texts, we relied on the keyword intersection of concept formation and disability, people with disabilities, special education, students with disabilities, intellectual disability, mental disability, and learning difficulties. We selected seven papers for analysis, in order to understand both the studies’ contributions and the challenges we still face when reflecting about knowledge development by students with intellectual disabilities in school. We emphasize the need for prospective in-depth studies that focus on the process of concept formation by students with disabilities, considering the educational relations as concrete social practices.

Keywords : Concept Formation; Knowledge Development; Students with Disabilities; Cultural-Historical Psychology; Review of the Literature.

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