Inclusion, teacher training and digital technologies: reflections from the ProInclude learning object

Abstract

Inclusive education refers to all people who have been excluded from formal education or quality formal education, whether for ethnic/racial, cultural, economic and/or social reasons. It is about bringing equality of opportunities to the field of education. Our discussion, in this article, focuses on special education from the perspective of inclusive education, specifically on the education of regular class teachers to include students with disabilities with the support of a digital learning object. We present three fictional scenes based on everyday experiences in common schools. We illustrate three situations in which the inclusion of a student with visual impairment is on the agenda and the way in which, in each scene, the teachers constitute the schooling possibilities for this student. The discussion aims to outline some concepts that support an understanding of the relationship between students with disabilities and inclusion and support a subsequent discussion on teacher education, for which we present a proposal for using the ProIncluir learning object (www.proincluir.org), in dialogue with some concepts of OnLife education.