RELEVANCE OF THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL RESOURCE ROOMS: THE POINTOF- VIEW OF PRINCIPALS

Abstract

Social movements fighting for the inclusion of people with disabilities have propelled a change in posture regarding moral and ethical values towards persons with disabilities. Inclusion is the fruit of strenuous social fights throughout humankind’s history. In the inclusive process, respect towards diversity is a fundamental requisite in order for the transformation of a society that has traditionally been based on exclusion to happen, and the multifunctional resource rooms are a relevant strategy in this. Therefore, it is necessary to understand what are the principals’ perception of the work that is developed in said rooms. This study is part of a diagnosis that was carried out in the development of a doctoral thesis that is being elaborated, and that aims to build a methodology that will guide teachers in the making of materials in the teaching of Sciences by using assistive technology based on universal design. This investigation used a qualitative analysis approach, by the means of a semi-structured interview, aiming to identify the point-of-view of principals, that is, to identify the relevance (or lack thereof) of the resource rooms as a means to promote educational inclusion of persons with disabilities. The praxis can be transformed by the results of this investigation. In this sense, this analysis can put into perspective the real and ideal situation of educational inclusion in multifunctional resource rooms, allowing for new improvements.