Affi rmative policies and inclusion: continuing education and rights

Abstract

This essay discusses affi rmative policies and the rights of students with disabilities, and briefl y discusses the history of affi rmative policies in Brazil, weaving discussions based on inclusive education. The objectives are: a) to refl ect on the intersections between rights, school inclusion and affi rmative action, inserting the debate on school inclusion in a broader scope of social inclusion and rights, specifi cally; b) recognize the study of Affi rmative Policies as fundamental to qualify the debate on public policies in inclusive education; c) collaborate in refl ections about the teachinglearning process in the continuing education of teachers for inclusive education. In the proposed discussion, teacher education should subsidize students so that they act as protagonists of rights, with regard to school inclusion. Teaching students rights requires building their self-esteem to argue objectively and jointly in favor of diff erences.