The perspective of teachers of chemistry and mathematics teachers at a federal university regarding the educacional inclusion of students with disabilities in higher education

Abstract

For a long time, people with disabilities have been excluded in society in several areas. From the twentieth century, there is a change with the creation of educational policies in order to promote school inclusion. However, it is still noticeable practices by teachers in Higher Education. Thus, this work aimed to analyze the perspective of the professors of the degree courses in Chemistry and Mathematics of a Federal University situated in the South of Minas Gerais on the inclusive theme. The type of research carried out is the case study. A semi-structured interview was conducted and a Content Analysis was conducted. It was found that there is a gap in the initial training of these teachers on the inclusive perspective and that there is a need for continuous training on the subject due to the lack of knowledge about it, so that it is possible to achieve the teaching-learning of the graduates with disabilities.