O trabalho colaborativo entre o docente de educação especial e os docentes do ensino regular

: ponte ou fosso?

Abstract

This research stems from the investigator’s professional context and it is motivated by the conviction that a collaborative work between Special Education Teachers and Regular Education Teachers may bring several benefits. Thus, the consciousness of what actually happens on the ground assumes all the centrality of our research - how teachers describe and interpret,the way a culture of collaboration is operacionalized or not (and why) between the regular education teachers and special education teachers in order to contribute, not only to more inclusive practices and conductive to the academic success of students with special educational needs, but also to their own professional development A predominantly qualitative and interpretative methodology was adopted, as well as the choice of a kind of a case study (although it can not be so regarded). The techniques and instruments used to gather the data included questionnaire surveys, semi-structured interviews and documental analysis. In this study, we applied the questionnaire survey to 14 Special Education teachers and to 71 regular education teachers (working in different levels of education), teaching in the same group of schools, belonging to QZP1. We also interviewed the School’s Headmaster, 2 Special Education teachers and 2 regular education teachers, as well as analyse sereval PEIs. The obtained information was subjected to statistical and content analysis and, afterwards, the triangulation of data was done. The main results suggest that, despite some progress, collaboration procedures are still in an embryonary and little systematic stage. Thus, the bridge between the special education teacher and regular education teachers is witnessing the construction of its foundations, and the moat can still (co) exist in some areas in what the pupils with Special Educational Needs care is concerned, in the context of de Group of Schools in which we made our research.

Date of Award	13 Oct 2016
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Maria do Céu Roldão (Supervisor)