There is an autistic student in my class! now what? The reflexive journal promoting professional sustainability in the development of pedagogical opportunities for inclusion

Abstract

Higher Education has overcome the barriers of inclusion by envisioning the training of self-employed professionals prepared for the professions of the future. Considering the use of the reflexive journal technique in education, its effectiveness in the confluence of the demands of teaching for competence, exercise of active methodologies and inclusion promoted by the professional sustainability of a professor without special education training is questioned in this paper. The objective was to evaluate, through the systematic content analysis, three pedagogical practices recorded according to premises and practical arguments in teaching with (Biological Sciences) and without (Psychology) autistic students. The intervention was guided by the implementation of active methodologies during the school semester. The results indicate the effectiveness of the technique, since the identification of the problem, reflection and decision making had effects on the performance of the professor, crossing the development of skills in students with special educational needs, sensitizing them to overcome limitations also of neurotypic students.