Bringing Qualitative Reasoning Models into the Classroom for Scientific Education of Deaf Students

Authors:
Paulo Salles;Gisele M. Feltrini;Isabella G. de Sá;Mônica M. P. Resende;Heloisa Lima-Salles
Affiliations:
Institute of Biological Sciences;Post-graduate program in science teaching;Institute of Biological Sciences;Post-graduate program in science teaching;Department of Linguistics, Portuguese and Classical Languages, University of Brasilia, Brazil
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2009 conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education: Building Learning Systems that Care: From Knowledge Representation to Affective Modelling
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Regarding the education of deaf students (in Brazil), three conditions have to be met in order to bring qualitative reasoning (QR) models into the classroom: (a) a bilingual education should be provided, the Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) being the first and Portuguese the second language; (b) in the absence of scientific vocabulary in LIBRAS, it has to be created; (c) given the aural impairment, which is cognitively compensated through an over-developed visual ability, a visually oriented pedagogy is needed. This paper describes how qualitative reasoning may provide an adequate scenario to create a vocabulary in sign language for representing scientific concepts while offering support for the integration of visually-oriented models and simulations, and written Portuguese in educational activities.