Ambiente virtual de aprendizagem para letramento de alunos com deficiência intelectual

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the interaction of students with intellectual disability with written language in a virtual learning environment developed for the purpose of implementing literacy activities. Based on the fundamentals of socio-historical theory about culture, learning and development, the present study aims to bring contributions to the study of literacy of people with intellectual disabilities, with the use of cultural learning instruments of cyberculture. We followed the principles of qualitative research, in view of the need to observe and recognize the subjects in their individuality, considering them in their socio-cultural environment. The methodological framework used is critical and collaborative action research. The results of the study were organized into four categories: school history - stories of survival; protection families, teachers and the construction of a practice, the use of technology - possibilities for cultural rescue. The first two seek to analyze factors related to family and school records that provide clues to understanding the constitution of the subjects (students) as youth who "can not read" and the last two discuss the construction of literacy practices, concerning the involvement of teachers and the possibilities of approaching students with intellectual disabilities to culture, provided by the use of the computer. The virtual learning environment enabled the development of a pedagogical practice to meet the special educational needs of these students and understand the characteristics of their writing internalization process, from the mediation of cultural learning instrument and teacher's action.