The perception of university students on the performance of the interpreter of libras in higher education

• Autor(a) principal: Corrêa, Jessica Roberta da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Sander, Ricardo Ernani, Martins, Sandra Eli Sartoreto de Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Educação Especial (UFSM)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/educacaoespecial/article/view/23948
• topic: University inclusive education; Sign language interpreter; Libras.; Educação inclusiva; Intérprete de língua de sinais; Libras; Educação superior

This study aims to analyze the perception of deaf and hearing students about the acting of the interpreter of Brazilian Sign Language – Libras, in the university context. His/her presence and professional activities in this educational stage has been considered a recent fact, that among other things strives to smooth communication and learning obstacles encountered by deaf students in university education process. The participants of this study were nine undergraduate students of Archival Science course, and one deaf academic all from one public university, located in the country side of the state of São Paulo. The data were collected through focus interviews, recorded by video and, later analyzed through the technique of ‘idea’s association'. The university students were able to recognize the importance of the presence of this professional in the academic formation for the deaf graduate, reinforcing the need for institutional measures that support the offer, without restriction, for the effective execution of its hiring in the university context.