O que dizem as crianças e os jovens: visões sobre educação, inclusão e cuidado

Joana Pimentel Alves; Ana Brás

doi:10.34624/id.v13i2.25095

Authors

Joana Pimentel Alves Departamento de Economia, Gestão, Engenharia Industrial e Turismo (DEGEIT), Universidade de Aveiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2354-4433 (unauthenticated)
Ana Brás Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34624/id.v13i2.25095

Keywords:

Inclusion, School, Children, Young people, Qualitative research

Abstract

This article results from a research carried out under the IMAS II - Improving Assistance in Inclusive Educational Settings (2018-1-AT01-KA202-039302), financed by Erasmus+. This project focuses on school education for children and young people with disabilities in Europe and aims strengthen the skills of learning and support assistants (LSAs). Tools such as online and free training courses have been developed so that LSAs acquire more knowledge about disability and children’s rights. Simultaneously, IMAS II has committed its efforts to evaluate the impact of the project on children and young people, their relatives and LSAs. As for children and young people, this evaluation was carried out through a participatory research.
Here are presented the results of the participatory research, analyzing the children and young people’s views on education, inclusion and care. We have heard 23 children and young people between the ages of 6 and 17, with and without disabilities, attending regular school. Listening to them confirmed the LSAs’ significance and privileged knowledge in the educational world. It also revealed the impact of institutional mechanisms on the reality of these children and young people, showing the need to think of further mechanisms for their full inclusion in the school context.