As reflexões sobre a formação continuada de tradutores e intérpretes de Libras em instituições brasileiras

Abstract

This thesis discusses the continuing education of educational translators and interpreters. The focus is on the training proposals of the country and the National Institute of Education for the Deaf. The main focus of the research is the proposal for the INES extension course for TILSPEs, carried out from 2017 to 2021. The general objective of the research is to build reflections and analyses that envision a future reformulation of continuing education for TILSPEs in a multicultural, anti-racist and anti-ableist way. The main research question is: To what extent do continuing education courses contribute to the improvement of multicultural, anti-racist and anti-ableist practices and experiences? The methodology is based on action research (THIOLLENT, 2006) with a participatory character (BRANDÃO; STRECK, 2006). The theoretical foundation is based on the concepts of: (a) Pedagogy of multiliteracies related to multimodality and multiculturality; (b) Co-teaching between teachers and TILSPEs and (c) Translation and Interpreting Studies. The participants' statements show that they value technical, extension and advanced training courses due to their practical skills and laboratories. They point out that undergraduate, graduate, technology and polytechnic courses are necessary for academic training and professional development. The students emphasized that university extension is a huge advantage, but that academic proposals at undergraduate and graduate levels do not always address theory and practice in an equal manner. A survey was conducted with analyses of theses and dissertations on platforms such as BDTD, Google Scholar and SciELO. The surveys were conducted from 1999 to 2023, and a total of 91 studies were found. It was found that most of the research came from federal public universities. Private institutions have the largest number of course proposals for TILSPs. There are many discrepancies in training in Brazilian states and a shortage in the North and Central-West regions. It is essential to expand the proposals for mobilization in favor of anti-racist practices. TILSPs need to create virtual records of the courses offered and institutions need to increase investments in internal and external training, based on technical advice provided by their departments and management teams, so that other professionals can have access to current proposals