Blue session: Audiovisual and inclusion in basic education

Abstract

The article presents the description of a Blue Session practice carried out with a 1st grade class of a municipal school of Basic Education of the Municipal Education Network of Novo Hamburgo/RS. A Blue Session is a movie session with lower sound and with the light on, where it is allowed to move, talk and interact, characterizing itself as an audiovisual proposal adapted for children with sensory disorders. The proposal, involving all students in the class, was directed to students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the class and also had the participation of two more students with autism from the same school who attend Age Group IV and the 2nd year. The objective was to hold a Blue Session at the school exhibiting three short films for the children, adapting the room according to the particularities of students with ASD. Also the stimulus to reflection, emotional catharsis and the elaboration of writing hypotheses by the students for the words related to the short films watched, as well as the socialization among the students and the realization of collective activities as principles of citizenship. The study is focused on a qualitative perspective, of an applied nature with an exploratory objective, in order to collect more information about the field investigated, in this case the perceptions of students with ASD from the visualization of audiovisuals and different ways of expressiveness. The analyses were carried out with the theoretical scope of studies on Digital and Audiovisual Literacy from an inclusive perspective. As a result, contributions were made to the reception of the different manifestations of students with ASD, the encouragement of expressiveness and reflections from the visualization of audiovisuals, expanding the children's repertoire.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/chaandieducasc-013