Results found in learning with a phonic-visual-articulate methodology at a school for people with intellectual deficiencies in the state of Paraná (Brazil)

Abstract

There are countless situations of exclusion, lack of interest and disbelief regarding the teaching of reading and writing to those with intellectual impairments. Such situations are denoted by either the absence or the lack of efficiency of methodologies, be it related to the school or to the teachers. It raises the need of researching the matter in order to understand its consequences, as well as being able to achieve better results. One should consider the sad trajectory that follows the registers of people with intellectual deficiencies and label them as incapable. This fact becomes another preponderant factor for this nonteaching/learning process. The present work aims at reflecting whether the lack of directed and frequent capacitation processes at schools, regarding the used method of teaching, can possibly add to this learning failure. This reflection aims at making it possible to achieve a greater degree of commitment and awareness concerning effective changes that need to take place. Another goal of this work is reflecting whether the attitudes of teachers; such as the dynamism of the classroom achieved by the means of good planning focused upon the needs of the subjects; can set any influence upon the process. The Ana Paula Nunes school, kept by APAE in Mangueirinha/PR, has chosen to make a difference by looking for something new. It proposes the breaking of paradigms that used to see schools for people with intellectual deficiencies as areas for children and adults with no great ambitions of success. The institution has chosen to cast a new look upon such schools, a look beholding students and individuals as capable of great chances of success on their learning processes. So, this work presents the successful results of 46 students, achieved during six years of activities carried out with the use of a multi-sensorial, phonetic-visual-articulatory method that minimizes the loss of focus and the out of measure use of random activities.