Research scenarios in special and inclusive education

Abstract

For some time, Special Education and Inclusive Education policies have been debated in congresses, conferences and journals, in several countries. However, when considering the inclusion of people with disabilities in mainstream education, there are still barriers that prevent this action to be fully implemented. The inclusion of people with disabilities is preferentially carried out in mainstream schools, a space where students appropriate knowledge aiming to provide them with a more autonomous social life. One form of access to this is through the use of technology as a pedagogic mediation tool to support the teaching-learning process, especially in the case of students with disabilities. This special edition, made up of nine articles, presents research on challenges regarding the dissemination and implementation of public policies, continued training for teachers’ action in an inclusive perspective, and the contributions of using educational technological resources as a possibility for pedagogic innovation. These studies heighten reflections on research scenarios in Special and Inclusive Education for the teaching-learning process of people with disabilities.