Resumo:
History shows us that the Deaf have traveled, and still do, a great way to be included in
society. With several striking impacts on this trajectory, it is possible to record historical
moments of great changes for the Deaf community. This research is defined as State of
the Art, which aims to analyze Theses and Dissertations found on the Capes portal,
related to the use (or absence) of Libras signs in the teaching of Science at the levels of
High School and Elementary School. The searches on the Theses and Dissertations
website had as keywords: “Deaf” AND “Sciences” AND “Signs”. 733 works were
found and, for the selection of these works, a time cut was made from 2008 to 2018.
The justification for this cut is found in the 10 years of the National Special Education
Policy from the perspective of inclusive education. Of this cut, 582 works remained, of
which 19 were selected, based on the objectives of the present research, for analysis; 16
dissertations and 3 theses. Based on the analysis of such research, the present work
offers a systematic portrait of the directions taken by researchers on this issue and in
that relevant period. Some data that we can highlight are the perception, in most of the
works analyzed, of the need to create signs of Libras in Science, and its effective
creation by the works; the perception of a deficiency of teachers regarding their
knowledge of Libras and the little interaction between all agents involved in the
inclusion of deaf students in the classroom.
