SPECIAL EDUCATION

Author: LEZCANO BARBERO FERNANDO.
Year: 2003.
University: BURGOS [www.ubu.es].
Place of defense: HUMANIDADES Y EDUCACIÓN.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE HUMANIDADES Y EDUCACIÓN.

Summary: The group of Persons with Severe and Prolonged Disease, is in the midst of a very complex situation, in some cases close to a social exclusion. This reality is far from the rights enshrined in legislation pronulgada by UN, the European Union, the Spanish government and the autonomous region of Castilla y Leon. Similarly, care resources that are designed to once begun the process of sesinstitucionalización have not reached complete map sistencial necessary. Based on this reality, it raises the following objectives stop this research: A) Knowing the needs of people with severe mental illness and prolonged in Castilla y Leon, identifying any differences between the perceptions of users, family members and professionals; B) Define suggestions for improvement from identified needs and experiences identified as positive by the different actors involved, and C) Prioritize needs. The methodology is part of the analysis model necisidades. Reporting agents involved are: People with severe mental illness and prolongada- users Centers Rehavilitación Psicosocial-, relatives -pertenecientes mostly to the Associations Familiares- and Professional direct care to persons with enfeermedad mind. All participants indicated, with different techniques, cutting qualitative needs colextivo and their suggestions for improvement in the following areas: housing, education, employment, recreation and leisure devices and mental health. Selected Techniques. Different for each of the reporting agents, are for people with mental illness, the interview panel and stories of life for families, the interview panel, and to care professionals direct causal diagram. The participant population is composed by 384 people, belonging to all provinces of the Community of Castilla y Leon, and are distributed as follows: 141 persons with severe mental illness and prolonged, 119 families and 124 professionals. Based on the information gathered, defines the proposed improvements to be developed with this group. Shares respond to the following places of interest: 1) The reduction of stigma; 2) improving the network; 3) Coordination interistitucional; 4) Increased resources econoómicos and 5) Improving the family environment. This set of proposals is presented with as many diagrams in the relations which link more specific actions. To conclude this investigation and according to the model used for needs analysis, there is a prioritization of proposed improvements. This prioritization is based on the memandad expressed by the target population is decer, people with mental illness and their families.

Author: MARTINEZ PEREZ M. ISABEL.
Year: 2003.
University: EXTREMADURA [www.unex.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN.

Summary: The work also discussed in depth the role of self-image in the academic achievement of students blind / visually impaired, is studying the influences of self-image not only in motivation and learning of students blind / visually impaired, but also in the teaching conditions and socio-capacity, competence and control in which it operates student. The research consists of two main building blocks. In a first set, Theoretical Framework, studying key aspects of self-image; In a second section, describes studies conducted and its findings. It discusses the structural features of autoconcepto by adapting the SDQ-ly SDQ-2 Marsh et al, from the theoretical and methodological considerations model Shavelson et al .. The aim is to verify the basic characteristics attributed to autoconcepto (multidimensionality and hierarchical structure). The aim is to contrast these scenarios independently for students with and without visual deficit, and depending on other variables such as age, sex and area of residence. The questionnaire was adapted "Self Description Questiormaire" to be used with students with and without visual deficits. We make a study of differences in the level of self-image in all its dimensions depending on the variables Sex, Age, Residence Zone, presence or absence of Visual Impairment, Degree of Visual Impairment, mode and type Schooling Support Education students blind and visually impaired. "will be measured if there are significant differences between the scores of self-image (measured through the SDQ) obtained by the students for the blind and visually impaired students; if there are differences intersexo, depending on age, and other variables. The results provide valuable information about the variables that most affect the self-image, and what people have lower levels of this variable. finally deals with the study of the specific relationships between self-concept and academic achievement. Given that the self-image and performance are closely linked constructs, and assuming that the self-image largely determine the general and academic performance of children, the purpose of the investigation was to inquire about the causal relationship between self-image and performance, and discuss the role of the teacher's perception regarding the self-image of her students on both variables.

Author: MARTINEZ PÉREZ M. ISABEL.
Year: 2003.
University: EXTREMADURA [www.unex.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN.

Summary: The work also discussed in depth the role of self-image in the academic achievement of students blind / visually impaired, aim to analyze the influence of self-image not only in motivation and learning of students blind / visually impaired, but also in the teaching conditions and socio-capacity, competence and control in which it operates as a student. The research consists of two main building blocks. In a first set, Theoretical Framework, studying key aspects of self-image. In a second section, describes studies conducted and its findings. It discusses the structural features of autoconcepto by adapting the SDQ-1 and SDQ-2 Marsh et al, from the theoretical and methodological considerations model Shavelson et al. The aim is to verify the basic characteristics attributed to autoconcepto (multidimensionality and hierarchical structure ..). The aim is to contrast these scenarios independently for students with and without visual deficit, and depending on other variables such as age, sex and area of residence. The questionnaire was adopted "Self Description Questiormaire" to be used with students with and without visual deficits. We conducted a study of the differences in the level of self-image in all its dimensions depending on the variables Sex, Age, Residence Zone, presence or absence of Visual Impairment, degree of Visual Impairment, mode and type Schooling Support Education students blind and visually impaired. "will be measured if there are significant differences between the scores of self-image (measured through the SDQ) obtained by the blind pupils and students obvious if there are differences inersexo, depending on age, and other variables. The results provide valuable information about the variables that most affect the self-image, and what people have lower levels of this variable. finally deals with the study of the specific relationships between self-image and academic performance. Given that the autoconcepto constructs and performance are closely linked, and assuming that the self-image largely determine the general and academic performance of children, the purpose of the investigation was to inquire about the causal relationship between self-image and performance, as well as consider the role of the teacher's perception regarding the self-image of her students on both variables.

Author: RÍOS HERNÁNDEZ MERCEDES.
Year: 2004.
University: BARCELONA [www.ub.es].
Place of defense: FACULTASD DE FORMACIÓN DEL PROFESORADO.
Place of preparation: INEFC DE BARCELONA.

Summary: The main objective is to know the socializing component of Physical Education at the inclusion of students with disabilities driving, detecting and analyzing evidence that could influence the inclusion of such students in the sessions of Physical Education, with the aim fmal highlighting what model and what educational strategies favoring their socialization in the area. In the first part (Theoretical Framework) develops, after a preliminary analysis of the state of affairs, the theory underlying this research is mainstream in three main parts: Physical Education, socialization and inclusive school. On the first, Physical Education, reveals his role as educational area on the same terms as any other curriculum of primary, far from a reductionist view, in constant evolution and development. With regard to socialization, he examines the school as a socializing agent, and in particular the contribution of Physical Education in this mission. The third part of this first big block content has been focused on the inclusive school, noting the changing educational intervention model, ranging from schools of Special Education, the integrated model, and finally to inclusive. The second part is where is the research design, development, analysis of their results and their discussion later. In the section devoted to research design is summarized throughout the process and describes the context in which school has been developed, as well as students participating in the case study, the epicenter of the entire study. Subsequently analyzing the results obtained through the three research tools: the diaries of field interviews and studies sociométricos. Follow final reports, conclusions and, finally, proposals for the work and future lines of inquiry.

Author: ROJAS PERNIA SUSANA.
Year: 2004.
University: AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA [www.uab.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAT CIÈNCIES DE L'EDUCACIÓ.
Place of preparation: ESCOLA DE POSTGRAU.

Author: RODRÍGUEZ RENGIFO YANIDAD ISABEL.
Year: 2004.
University: MÁLAGA [www.uma.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA (CARACAS-VENEZUELA).

Summary: Because of the significance that he now acknowledges the prospect of teaching in terms of school integration was conducted research, which forms part of the scientific paradigm qualitative approached fenomenológicamente the experience that this process has the teacher. To show this experience, we performed an adaptation of the phenomenological method, based on in-depth interviews conducted nineteen regular classroom teachers in Caracas, Venezuela. The deployment of this method through a process desrealizador and epidogenético, helped set up a structure that the experience of integrating the school have interviewed. What has been said by these educators, in relation to aspects of: A-range B-integration C-features that must have the teacher integrator D-aspects that favor integration E-teacher attitudes F-effects integration with students and teachers G, the process-living teacher classrooms versus integration, in-depth interview that was necessary to develop according to the research objectives and budgets that at any time he served as a background, after a series of reductions phenomenological, was formed in essences meaning that after categorization, they represent the results of the study. These are analyzed and discussed in the light of the prospects educational, legal and sociological from which addressed the school integration. As findings highlight the references to the process highlights the decursus vitae of teachers, focusing on their experiences as professionals who have moved into the school integration of students with special educational needs.

Author: GARCIA GÓMEZ JUAN LEONARDO.
Year: 2004.
University: LA LAGUNA [www.ull.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA.

Summary: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease consisting of a disruption of the metabolism of carbohydrates, the most important being a rise in blood glucose, with the emergence of the same in the urine. Diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents has now become a problem of humanity, seen as a global issue in that it affects all the cities and cultures. In the Canaries it is noted that there is an annual incidence of 23.2 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in children under 15 years of age during 1995-1996 (Carrillo et al, 2000), which puts in the Canary Islands between the regions of Europe with rates higher along with Finland and some Mediterranean islands. This Doctoral Thesis arises precisely because it is observed at the Hospital Ntra. Sera. In Candelaria in Tenerife a large number of diabetic patients childhood and adolescents, which also has been increasing in recent years. The overall objectives of the Doctoral Thesis: 1-Know the quality of life of patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 in the Hospital Universtiario Ntra. Mrs. In Candelaria in size physically, psychologically and socio. 2, - compare scores Quality of Life of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 University Hospital Ntra. Mrs. In Candelaria with a sample of the general population in the same province, without Diabetes Mellitus Type 1. 3-To propose a model for Health Education in the area of Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 addressed to patients, families, teachers and health personnel, towards improving the quality of life of patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 . To carry out this research, four studies were conducted: The first study, information was collected regarding personal data, medical and social Patient with Diabetes Mellitus, through a Profile patient with Diabetes Mellitus being developed at the University Hospital Ntra . Mrs de la Candelaria and where are recorded from the year 1985. In the second study, information was collected on the degree of depression in children suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, as well as the autoconcepto Academic, Social and Emotional Family them. This two questionnaires were administered standardized recognized as reliability are: Depression Questionnaire for children (CSD) of Lang and Tisher in the Spanish adaptation of TEA in the year 1997 and the questionnaire Autoconcepto Form A (AFA) Musitu, Garcia and Gutierrez year 1997. In addition, we used two questionnaires generated itself (a couple of school teachers and one for parents), with the intention to analyze these same variables from the point of view and perception of both agents. In the third study, administered the questionnaires PECVEC (Profile Quality of Life for chronically ill-Quality of Life questionnaire translated from the original German Siegrist, Broer and Junge, 1966) being the Spanish version used in this study (Siegrist, Broer, Junge, 1997). He also was administered questionnaire Autoconcepto Form-5 (AF-5) Garcia and Musitu the year 2001. It was also applied also Questionnaire Breve-CET-DE Alonso, 1986 and Questionnaire Structural Tetradimensional pair wing depression -CET-De Alonso, 1986. Finally was administered in this second study Scale Comprehensiva Quality of Life for Adults (ECCVA), adapted from the original - The Comprehensive Quality of Life Climb for Adults of Cummins (1993a). In the fourth study, group interviews were conducted, health specialists (doctors, University Diploma of Nursing and Educating Diabetes), in order to assess the results 8 obtenid 395 or in this investigation and its power views on differences rather differences and make a qualitative approach to enrich the study as an aid to the proper interpretation of the data originally obtained.

Author: GARAY NAFARRATE JOSEBA.
Year: 2004.
University: EXTREMADURA [www.unex.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN - UNIVERSIDAD DE EXTREMADURA.

Summary: The investigation is a proposal to use ethnographic methodology and interpretive paradigm in conducting an assessment psychology, mainly in the case of students with special educational needs associated with the socio-cultural context. It proposes objectives conducting a review psychology and, simultaneously, a meta psychology. It selects the case of a student with severe silence elective and severe special educational needs resulting from the accused shortcomings noted in his personal development over the physical, social, emotional and communicative. The investigation has continued for two years and three months that the investigator is introduced in the school and family of the girl child to understand their special educational needs and to help educationally speak to their guardians, parents and relatives. The findings confirm that the methodology and ethnographic perspective interpretive tools are effective and provide techniques and procedures penetrabilidad, access and ability to collect information useful in conducting the evolution psychology, and especially in the assessment of needs associated with the socio-cultural context .

Author: JIMENEZ OLMEDO BENIGNO.
Year: 2004.
University: GRANADA [www.ugr.es].
Place of defense: DPTO. DE DIDÁCTICA Y ORGANIZACIÓN ESCOLAR. FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN. UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA.
Place of preparation: DPTO. DIDÁCTICA Y ORGANIZACIÓN ESCOLAR. FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN - UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA.

Summary: The thesis is based on the knowledge that teachers have of the integration process in the educational entity. The structure of the research is organized into two sections: the first deals with the theoretical foundation doing a retrospective dela evolution of the concept of special education, as well as the laws made in various countries on the topic, considering the current situation in which is statistically special education services in Mexico. The second part is located under dela methodological research, which includes a descriptive study with an eclectic approach, through legislation and the prospects interpretative categorizing descriptive research, survey type of cross. Finally, it presents a quantitative and qualitative analysis of data from the questionnaire and the interview used for the collection of information. It derives as a general conclusion that teachers of elementary education federalised the regular classroom in the state of veracruz (Mexico), have a negative perception regarding the care of the special educational needs of the integration process of education in the context of this product ideosincracia related rather with the fundamentals of the exclusive school that the school inclusive.

Author: Núñez Mayán María Teresa.
Year: 2005.
University: A CORUÑA [www.udc.es].
Place of defense: Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación.
Place of preparation: Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación.

Summary: We present a study on the evolution of integration from the pilot project that was launched Supported by the Royal Decree 334/1985, to the present. Twenty years after this project, and when the integration is no longer a utopia, an analysis of the current situation, which is intended to reflect both the achievements and constraints of integration, as the long road ahead toward the inclusion. The analysis is done in the context of the municipality of A Coruna. It uses an inquiry procedure multimétodo, which combine strategies quantitative and qualitative, taking the municipality as a collective case in which each unit, says Robert Stake, is a tool to learn of the problem which together account . The field work was carried out in all schools of the municipality of early childhood education and primary public agencies and private schools and concluded not reached. Data were collected in semi-structured interviews with professional guidance. They developed a questionnaire that was also the script for the interview. The quantitative data were treated using SPSS. The qualitative ones were collected on a daily field in the categories that were established after analysis examined the issues addressed in the interviews. The research report was structured in two parts. The first is a theoretical and methodological approach to the subject of integration and inclusion in education. The second part contains the analysis of the attention to the educational needs especialles in the municipality of A Coruna. It is organized into seven chapters, which correspond to the parameters used for the analysis: The first presents a study of resources for the attention to the diversity in the schools from an evolutionary perspective, comparing the different phases and types of educational centers . The second chapter is a review of the educational needs in existing schools. The difference between the special educational needs associated with disabilities and non-associated disability. Presenting a report describing the characteristics of each of these groups and their presence in the centers. It also looks at the different distribution of disability among public and private, reflecting as, despite the fact that legislation enrollment is identical for both types of centers, is the first in which integrate more students with disabilities, immigrants or in a situation of social deprivation, while the distribution of students with delays school is more balanced between the two types of centers. The third chapter is devoted to the study of the most commonly used forms of support. The fourth chapter focuses on the curriculum and especially in the direction and development of curricular adaptations. Discusses the interpretation and the meaning attributed to them by teachers at the centers and its assessment of the same. The fifth chapter discusses the role of the Departments of guidance in caring for special educational needs. The sixth focuses on the attitudes of professionals regarding school integration. The seventh chapter reflects the subjective experience of two youths who were enrolled in the period in which commences Proxecto Experimental Integration and today have completed their school career. Through two entrervistas autobiographical tell their own experiences and interpretation of the evolution of integration. The findings are contained in a final section summarizes and in the one in which he stated that the educational integration has been a breakthrough in the sense of normalization and recognition of the educational rights of people with disabilities, but at the same time, the analysis of the reality shows that the substrate in the practice and theory of special education has survived the model deficita 8 river, which 3d3 understands the educational problems as individual problems, while a school that is truly inclusive understands that the educational problems the whole school are to be made meaningful and responsive to all types of students without exception, considering the difference as a value.

Author: POBLACIÓN MARTÍNEZ ADOLFO.
Year: 2005.
University: PAÍS VASCO [www.ehu.es].
Place of defense: ESCUELA UNIVERSITARIA DE MAGISTERIOS DE SAN SEBASTIAN.
Place of preparation: ESCUELA UNIVERSITARIA DE MAGISTERIO.

Summary: This research analyzes the problems of integration of Students of Special Education Center of Cantabria in the Practice of Physical Activity and Sport, from the perspective of their parents and / or guardians. This makes a tour of the treatment they have received disabled people throughout history, as well as developments that have suffered their sports both nationally and internationally. Check out the guiding principles of standardization, integration, inclusion and quality of life, compared to the Practice of Sport and Physical Activity and conducts a review of the scientific literature in this area. It identifies and assesses the most significant aspects of the Practice Activity and Sports performed the target population, aspects habits, conditioning, motivation, social integration, sports organization, the contexts of practice, the demands, the barriers, psychosocial aspects .., and proposes an intervention plan in line with the needs and demands of Students of Special Education Centers of Cantabria.

Author: SÁNCHEZ RODRÍGUEZ LAURA.
Year: 2005.
University: AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA [www.uab.es].
Place of defense: DEPARTAMENTO DE PEDAGOGÍA APLICADA.
Place of preparation: UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA.

Summary: This research has its origins in a first approach to the subject of study that was done about two years ago. The results were the same: * Suspicion of hearing loss comes from the family (non-implementation of universal newborn screening). * It notes a lack of adequate information and treatment dehumanized by the pediatrician. * The process that followed the families was very painful: experienced bewilderment, anxiety, self-pity, social distancing. * Under families receive more information and guidance best face deafness. * CREDAs: recognition of service. * Families suggest emotional support, more information, contact with other families, objectivity alternatives. These results suggested we investigate further across the line of parental emotional support, specifically parental stress. The literature dealing with the issue reported conflicting results. We think it is very likely that the most encouraging results of these investigations may be linked with the advanced technologies of hearing and with the service that may be receiving families. Also, from the importance of family background in the development of the creatures deaf and interactions between parents and children that occur therein, we decided to deepen the richness of the educational environment and the parenting styles of education. This study, therefore, defines one hand, two qualities of the interaction mother / creature: the richness of the educational context and style education. Moreover selecting one of the characteristics possibly influential in those rates, maternal stress. It is intended valued variables influyesen in each of the three dimensions and to clarify the possible relationship between them. All this with the ultimate aim of providing performance criteria to guide families. The study raises the following objectives: * Rate maternal stress to the education of the deaf child. * Analyze the quality of the educational context in terms of wealth and support for exponential development that the deaf child receives at home. * Examine the educational styles in terms of empowerment, distinguishing styles democratic, authoritarian, permissive and indifferent. * Evaluate the impact of maternal stress on the quality of educational context and the educational style. * Deducting of empirical data and the literature reviewed, the basic criteria for family counseling in the dimensions studied. The main objective of this study is to identify possible factors influyesen in each of these dimensions, shed light on the possible relationship between them and extract the criteria to optimize the guidance and advice family. To achieve this overall objective raised the following specific objectives: 1-To determine stress levels of the study population (above, normal or low). 2-Identify the sources of stress that contemplates the study population (perception of the characteristics of the child, perception of their role as mothers and the perception of its own stress in everyday life). 3-To evaluate the sociodemographic characteristics of mothers that may influence the level of stress (age, number of children, education level, employment status, job change following the diagnosis of deafness of the creature, and so on.). 4-Evaluate the characteristics of the children that may influence the stress level of the mother (hearing loss, application of hearing aid or cochlear implant, age, gender, level of language). 5-To determine the richness of the educational context of the study population (top, middle and low). 6-To evaluate the sociodemographic characteristics of mothers that may influence the richness of the educational context (age, number of children, education level, employment status, job change following the diagnosis of deafness of 8 breeding 6d2 ture, type of family , and so on. 7-Rate perception of the mother of the characteristics of child and his role as a mother who can influence the richness of the educational context. 8-Evaluate the characteristics of the children who can influence the wealth of the educational context (hearing loss, age hearing, application of hearing aid or cochlear implant, age, gender, level of language). 9-Determine the styles education in the study population. 10-Evaluate the characteristics of mothers who they can influence the style education (age, number of children, education level, employment status, job change following the diagnosis of deafness of the creature, type of family, etc..). 11-Rate perception of the mother of characteristics of the child and his role as a mother that may influence styles of education. 12-Evaluate the characteristics of the children that may influence the educational style (hearing loss, age hearing, application of hearing aid or cochlear implant, age, gender, level of language).

Author: DOMÍNGUEZ ALONSO JOSÉ.
Year: 2005.
University: VIGO [www.uvigo.es].
Place of defense: FACULTADE DE CIENCIAS DLA EDUCACIÓN DE OURENSE.
Place of preparation: FACULTADE DE CIENCIAS DA EDUCACIÓN (UNIVERSIDADE DE VIGO).

Author: RODRIGUEZ TEJADA ROSA MARIA.
Year: 2005.
University: EXTREMADURA [www.unex.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN.

Summary: This investigaicón aims to explore the attitudes of teachers at the High School of special educational needs within the framework of the attention to diversity. We have used techniques from the qualitative and quantitative methodology: * It has been used participant observation and the semi-structured interview. * It has built a scale of attitudes (Cronbach alpha of = 0.97) consists of 30 items that have saturated in five factors: Scale apadeso. The results have revealed that the attitudes of teachers are positive. It has also been found that integration in the classrooms of SCS is a controversial issue and that teachers demandaran mostly training in the subject.

Author: VALVERDE MONTESINO SUSANA.
Year: 2005.
University: COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID [www.ucm.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN.

Summary: The Information Technology and Communications (ICT) are present in various fields and their use is becoming an essential condition to function in today's society, the so-called information society or knowledge society. Although in recent years the ICT has been expanded considerably there are certain sectors of the population, with limited opportunities to access these technologies, mainly due to economic hardships and training, as is the case of persons with intellectual disabilities. This is causing the emergence of a division between those who have access to ICT and those who do not, place and the phenomenon of the "digital divide". This gap fragments to society in two, giving rise to a new social exclusion: "infoexclusión." The BIT Training System is a system designed to alleviate the "digital divide" by facilitating the learning of ICT for people with Down's syndrome and / or intellectual disabilities. Access to ICTs by participating in this Training System enables people with cognitive limitations learn to use tools in common use. The application of various statistical tests to resutlados offered by a sample of one hundred and forty-three people with Down's syndrome and / or intellectual disabilities indicate that the training system is a system BIT effective training for people with intellectual disabilities learn to use ICT. In addition, people with Down's syndrome and / or intellectual disabilities are part of the pilot group to participate in the Training System BIT, obtained significant improvements in cognitive processes related to attention, psychomotor speed and visual discrimination. The realization of a regression analysis would verify that variables such as age, IQ, analysis and reproduction of spatial relationships, the perception of the constancy of form and short term memory significantly affect the learning of ICT in people with Down's syndrome / or intellectual disabilities.

Author: MIRANDA DE SOUZA AMARALINA.
Year: 2006.
University: NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA [www.uned.es].
Place of defense: EDUCACIÓN.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN.

Summary: The main objective of this thesis was to identify the contribution of IT education in the teaching-learning process of students with mental retardation from the design, development and implementation of educational software "Hercules and Jiló", which was built in a multimedia environment a cooperative based on three dimensions: teaching, learning and fun, which are interdependent, complementary manner dialectic relate to the learning objectives are fully achieved. The software "Hercules and Jiló" developed in the meta-lenguaje Director 7, works concepts of Natural Sciences, particularly those related to the Living Beings (Features, sorting, food chain, differences between living things and no-vivos, natural environment and built environment. using concepts such as focus and learning objectives, the software creates learning situations in which children work their motor coordination, their ability to understand, to memorize information, his linguistic and mathematical literacy, in addition to their computer literacy and that allows the teacher to work other concepts and skills since they feel necessary. software seeks to place the child with mental retardation in context defined by a series of activities ludico-pedagógicas completely focused its stimulation in the broad sense of the term and not restrict the use of the computer as a means of communication. Our software is intended primarily to teacher, to the extent that all activities and games offered need to be included under the umbrella of specific pedagogic work to be explored immediately next to the student, articulating and curiosity. strategies used in the investigation are prosecuted in a research perspective, in which a capacity for learning is associated with the investigation process. assessed software "Hercules and Jiló" 50 teachers of students with mental retardation of education Public Federal District. final stage of the investigation, defined as Case Study, it was the observation and analysis of the application software "Hercules and Julió" in a group of 10 students with mental retardation, being literate, a school to the public network, in the central area of Brasilia. The results of the investigation indicated that the software is a motivator and teacher's work encourages him to develop meaningful learning activities with students with mental retardation. Our expectation is that this research contributes to the advancement of the use of computers as educational support for the process of teaching students with mental retardation and that could encourage further studies, in addition to those that have already been taken up at the time and that they can also contribute to the construcicón other educational software, and collaborate more effectively with the education of students with mental retardation emphasizing their potential and facilitating their full inclusion in school and in society. Keywords: Computer Education, Educational Software, teaching and learning, Deficiency .