Atitudes dos professores primários associadas ao capacitismo e sua influência, no processo de inclusão escolar de alunos com NEE: estudo de caso da Escola Primária Completa das Mahotas, na cidade de Maputo - 2023

Abstract

The research focuses on inclusion students with Special Educational Needs and aims to analyze the attitudes of primary teachers that can be associated with ableism in the process of school inclusion of students with SEN at EPC das Mahotas. To achieve the research objectives, a qualitative approach was used, as a data collection technique, semi-structured interviews were used. The study consisted of a sample of elements consisting of 6 teachers, selected based on a stratum according to the convenience sampling technique. The interview data were analyzed based on the following specific objectives: a) Identify, among teachers, the factors associated with the practice of ableism in the process of school inclusion of students with SEN, b) Describe the impact of ableism in promoting the school inclusion of students with SEN, and c) Discuss with teachers, strategies for eliminating ableism in the process of including students with SEN. The data obtained indicate that ableism reigns in the school context of students with SEN, there are several attitudes on the part of teachers that can be associated with ableism, such as the issue of viewing students with SEN as incapable of learning or carrying out a task, the prejudice that teachers have in relation to students with SEN