NCLUSION IN PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: ANALYSIS OF POLICIES AND PRACTICES AT CEDAF/UFV
Educational inclusion, educational special needs, professional and technology education
This paper focuses on educational inclusion of students with special needs, including disabilities and other conditions affecting learning, in the realm of Professional and Technology Education. The main objective is to analyze knowledge about inclusion and practices related to providing help to people with special needs at CEDAF, seeking to improve the institution with regards to educational inclusion as public policy and as a right. To achieve this, the process of inclusion in the aforementioned institution will be analyzed by means of investigating the actions of the Núcleo de Apoio à Inclusão (Inclusion Support Group - NAI) and the knowledge and inclusive practices of the teachers. A qualitative approach will be used, with data collecting tools like questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The data will be interpreted according to the method of analysis in Bardin and after studying the results a primer will be written as an educational product to be published in digital and printed formats. In this way we hope to contribute to improving the process of inclusion regarding Professional and Technology Education by spreading relevant information and raising awareness in the academic community about the importance of implementing inclusive practices and eliminating prejudice.