ESCOLARIZAÇÃO DE ALUNOS COM SÍNDROME DE DOWN: UM ESTUDO DE CASO

Abstract

This article presents the results of a case study on the attitude towards the process of schooling, a fifteen year old with Down Syndrome. The girl is a student of second year of elementary school of a public school in the city São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul. The theoretical framework consists of analysis of literature on the subject. The methodology adopted to direct observation and daily for a month, accompanied by notes in a logbook, the reactions of the young man with Down Syndrome to their schooling process. We report the analysis of the case study, considering the attitudes of student facing situations of learning and action methodology employed to build their knowledge in an interdisciplinary perspective. The results of this case study show that the girl had difficulties to spell the letters. However, recognize the entire alphabet, pronouncing it orally. It has no motor skills to paint and has alternation of humor, and sometimes, very sweet and at other times, chafes at ease. The young person needs a personal attendant to assist her in activities inside and outside the classroom. There was, also, that the educational activity does not extend in an interdisciplinary way. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]