Educação Especial na Perspectiva da Educação Inclusiva: : conhecimentos e práticas dos professores da educação básica do município de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

The objective of the paper was to investigate the knowledge that basic education teachers in the city of Belo Horizonte have about special education in the perspective of inclusive education and the practices derived from that knowledge. Data were collected in 2019, from a questionnaire sent to teachers from 44 schools in the municipal and state public schools; 109 questionnaires were returned and analyzed. The results point to considerable advances, even though they also show that there are still difficulties in understanding what inclusive education is; that initial and continuing teacher education is still lacking; that many schools need adequate physical structure; that there is a shortage of resources and specialized professionals to subsidize school practices, among other issues. We concluded that we still have countless challenges, requiring greater investment in schools by the public authorities and the maintenance of the struggle for the offer and permanence of quality education for all in regular teaching.