Banca de DEFESA: MAYRA DARLY DA SILVA

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : MAYRA DARLY DA SILVA
DATE: 11/08/2023
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Plataforma Google Meet - https://meet.google.com/spm-eiyv-wrc
TITLE:

BLIND STUDENTS INTERPRETING GRAPHICS: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VISUAL AND CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS AND ADEQUACY FOR TEACHING

KEY WORDS:

Keywords: Statistical Literacy; graph interpretation; blind students.

PAGES: 237
BIG AREA: Outra
AREA: Multidisciplinar
SUMMARY:

The general objective of this thesis is to analyse challenges and possibilities for blind
students to establish relationships between visual and conceptual aspects in the
interpretation of graphs from the perspective of Statistical Literacy. In specific terms, it seeks
to: investigate challenges and possibilities in adapting statistical graphs to work with blind
students, from the context of the Benjamin Constant Institute; identify and analyse tasks
involving graphs with the potential to mobilize relationships between visual and conceptual
aspects from the perspective of Statistical Literacy in conventional and adapted final years
textbooks; characterize the educational context in relation to meeting the educational needs
of a blind student; and analyse how the blind student establishes relationships between
visual and conceptual aspects when working with graphs from the perspective of Statistical
Literacy. RSL highlighted the lack of national theses and dissertations focused on teaching
and learning statistics for blind students. Although there are international articles that
evaluate certain capabilities of reading and interpreting graphics by students/blind people,
they often neglect the meaning of activity contexts and critical questioning. In Stage 1, we
conducted a semi-structured interview with a teacher from the Benjamin Constant Institute
(IBC), whose results provided important information for working with graphs with blind
students. In Stage 2, we performed mapping and analysis of tasks involving graphs in
collections of textbooks for the final years, both in print and adapted in braille. We identified
some tasks involving statistical graphs to compose the interview with the blind student. In the
research field school, identified in Stage 3, we carried out the following methodological
procedures: analysis of the Pedagogical Political Project, a semi-structured interview with the
school manager, an assessment with the specialist in the Specialized Educational Service
(SES) classroom, and initial contact with the blind student and his/her parent. Fictionally
called José, the blind student does not master braille and did not have access to education
during the pandemic (in 2020 and 2021).The assessment with the SES specialist was crucial
in adapting the tasks to make them accessible for the interventions carried out with José.
Finally, in Stage 4, we conducted a semi-structured interview with José, using tasks identified
in Stage 2 due to their potential for achieving the study's objectives. José read and
interpreted the graph based on his understanding, mainly of the elements of knowledge
(context, unit scale and representation) and the language that involves conceptual aspects of
the graphs. The researcher's mediations during the interventions were essential in mobilizing
the student's understanding. We conclude that in order for blind students to establish
relationships between visual and conceptual aspects from graphs, from the perspective of
Statistical Literacy, adaptations are necessary that consider the specificities of the blind user,
the use of tasks that allow for connections between cognitive and dispositional dimensions,
and systematic mediation processes.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2132360 - LILIANE MARIA TEIXEIRA LIMA DE CARVALHO
Interno - 6435441 - CARLOS EDUARDO FERREIRA MONTEIRO
Interna - 1196238 - JAQUELINE APARECIDA FORATTO LIXANDRAO SANTOS
Externa ao Programa - 3315067 - TICIA CASSIANY FERRO CAVALCANTE - UFPEExterna à Instituição - IRENE MAURICIO CAZORLA - UESC-BA
Externo à Instituição - SOLANGE HASSAN AHMAD ALI FERNANDES