Profile and evaluation of participants in distance learning continuing education courses about inclusive practices in education

Authors

  • Vera Lúcia Messias Fialho Capellini UNESP
  • Olga Maria Piazentin Rolim Rodrigues Unesp
  • Tania Gracy do Valle UNESP
  • Lígia Ebner Melchiori UNESP
  • Eliana Marques Zanata UNESP
  • Lucia Pereira Leite UNESP
  • Rita Melissa Lepre UNESP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5212/PraxEduc.v.6i1.0007

Abstract

This article analyses aspects related to a continuing education course about Inclusive and Special Education in the area of Mental Disabilities offered to 20 (twenty) groups of teachers by the Ministry of Education. The Distance Course was offered in different regions of Brazil with a 180 (a hundred and eighty) hours workload. The research included the profile of the participants, an evaluation of the course by the participants and the analysis of the dropout causes. The aspects of the course under evaluation received a positive evaluation by most of the participants. The most frequent reason for the dropout rates include participants’ limitations in terms of meeting deadlines, personal reasons and difficulties in using computers. It was concluded that Distance Education seems to be a relevant tool for the acquisition of knowledge about inclusive practice.

 

Keywords: Distance Learning. Inclusive Education. Continuing Education.

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Author Biographies

  • Vera Lúcia Messias Fialho Capellini, UNESP
    Graduada em Pedagogia pela UNIMEP; Mestre e Doutora em Educação Especial pela UFSCar-São Carlos; é Professor-Assistente Doutor da Faculdade de Ciências da Unesp-Bauru
  • Olga Maria Piazentin Rolim Rodrigues, Unesp
  • Tania Gracy do Valle, UNESP
  • Lígia Ebner Melchiori, UNESP
  • Eliana Marques Zanata, UNESP
  • Lucia Pereira Leite, UNESP
  • Rita Melissa Lepre, UNESP

Published

2011-07-07

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How to Cite

Profile and evaluation of participants in distance learning continuing education courses about inclusive practices in education. Práxis Educativa, [S. l.], v. 6, n. 1, p. 79–89, 2011. DOI: 10.5212/PraxEduc.v.6i1.0007. Disponível em: https://revistas.uepg.br/index.php/praxiseducativa/article/view/912. Acesso em: 10 jun. 2026.