Reflexões sobre a Educação infantil Bilíngue como possibilidade de escolarização para crianças surdas de Salvador

Abstract

The present study has as it theme the Bilingual Early Childhood Education for Deaf children, that is, Early Childhood Education based on sign language as a first language and Portuguese as a second language, deaf teachers, construction of identity and Deaf culture. To base the proposed reflections, we brought other themes correlated to the theme, taking into account the relevance of the child as historical subjects and rights, early childhood education as an educational space belonging to all children, conceptions of children and childhoods, a historical overview of people with disabilities, the educational history of Deaf people, the relevance of sign language at an early age and bilingual early childhood education as a modality. The general objective of this research was to reflect on bilingual early childhood education as a possibility of schooling for deaf children in Salvador. Based on the theoretical assumptions of Quadros (1997), Goldfeld (2002), Strobel (2018), in addition to an interview with teachers and mothers at a school for the deaf in Salvador, an attempt was made to base reflections on bilingual Early Childhood Education for Deaf children.