Aplicativos móveis no ensino de química para alunos surdos

Abstract

With the great technological evolution experienced in contemporary times, one of the challenges facing the teacher is the use of technologies in the classroom. Particularly for the implementation of inclusive education, greater support is needed for teachers and students, given that subjects such as Chemistry are considered complex. The study presented here aimed to answer the following research problem: Which mobile applications for the deaf have been used in the teaching of Chemistry? To answer it, we had, as a general objective: to map the mobile applications aimed at deaf students that have been used in the teaching of Chemistry. The research is exploratory, with a bibliographic review being carried out to search for scientific productions that dealt with the subject in question. The review was carried out on the Google Academic and Capes Periodical platforms, using the following descriptors: “applications” combined with “teaching of Chemistry” and “deaf students”, delimiting the time interval between 2017 and 2022. The results found show that didactic resources are still incipient, especially applications, used in Chemistry Teaching, and most of these do not deal with specific contents of Chemistry, but bring such contents translated into Brazilian Sign Language. In addition, a good part of the studies found dealt with themes directed to High School, with few productions for the teaching of Chemistry in Elementary School. Therefore, for inclusive education to be enhanced, new investments and research are needed on the specificities for the teaching and learning of deaf students, as well as the training of professionals (teachers, interpreters) who work directly with this public, promoting the development of new technologies and studies that can promote the learning of these students.