Abstract
This study aims to discuss the concept of sublation. It was originated from the graduation of blind people in higher education in Brazil, based on students’ reports and on L. S. Vygotski’s work. The qualitative investigation that supported this study was carried out as case studies. Nine blind people who had completed their college education were taken as subjects. Data was collected by interviews and document analysis (essays). This data underwent the procedures of discourse textual analysis. According to the participants, the idea that is shown in media that blind people who have completed higher education are heroes is mistaken. The insights of the research subjects, discussed on the basis of the concept of sublation proposed by Vygotsky, turn to an elevation of the blind through the mediation of cultural instruments.
Highlights
In Brazil, it is commonly believed that a blind student[3] who gets a college degree has carried out a heroic, rather epic, deed
For journalists, blind people who graduated “sublated” just because they finished higher education, which puts them in a position of “glory” and overvaluation
Findings reported in this paper regarding the discussion of the concept of sublation, represented by the graduation of blind people in higher education in Brazil based on these students’ reports and on Vygotski’s defectology, have instigated the proposal of some remarks as conclusions of this study
Summary
In Brazil, it is commonly believed that a blind student[3] who gets a college degree has carried out a heroic, rather epic, deed. The lecturer needs to understand that the blind student has all conditions to learn scientific concepts in higher education and must create teaching strategies which take into account the student’s conditions in a collaborative process.
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