TITLE:
Deafness and the Educational Rights: A Brief Review through a Brazilian Perspective
AUTHORS:
Lívia Dias, Ruth Mariani, Cristina M. C. Delou, Erika Winagraski, Helder S. Carvalho, Helena C. Castro
KEYWORDS:
Deaf, Deafness, Language, Education, Special Needs, Brazil
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.5 No.7,
April
28,
2014
ABSTRACT:
In some countries,
the human rights involving a proper education are still a privilege for just a
few. In some of these regions, the right for a living with dignity and access
to the current knowledge is considered a luxury, especially for people with
special needs (e.g. deaf children) as the governmental systems still struggle
to provide proper conditions to the regular ones. Herein we showed a brief
review on deafness, its history on Brazilian education, the Brazilian sign
language and the current need of deaf people for teaching resources at the
scholar context to. We have also discussed facts that contributed to the
Brazilian deaf education and alternative methodologies for the generation of
educational resources that can maximize the teaching-learning process by
stimulating the interest of deaf students for the science and biotechnological
context. The inclusive educational practice with development of proper
educational materials and methods may facilitate the teaching and learning
process for everyone, including those with hearing loss. This inclusive practice is of great importance
for achieving the educational improvement of all people in any society as a
whole. Therefore, this article revisited themes that must be considered in the
education of people with special hearing needs to guarantee their right of
having a proper education and attention.