Computing In Basic Education: Improving Geography Learning For Students With Visual Impairments

Abstract

Brazilian society does not guarantee people with disabilities educational resources that allow inclusive and equal education for all. We prove the effectiveness and efficiency in the use of computational resources combined with designer concepts for the development of an innovative and inclusive product. The research was carried out at the Benjamin Constant Institute. The methodology used was evolutionary computing prototyping and the interview technique to validate the Map. In the evaluation, we used the interview technique, questionnaires, in addition to systematized non-participant observation. Three Geography teachers and ten visually impaired students participated and studied the proposed content. Teachers approved the technology in its characteristics and functionalities, respectively, at 90.06% and 97%. Students rated the map's characteristics at 94.54% and the functionalities with 99.25% approval. The research promoted the quality of teaching for students with visual impairments when it allowed them to manage a volume of information about the Southeast Region of Brazil and increased their autonomy in allowing them to repeat any information that they had not assimilated, without the need for assistance.