Evaluación e intervención de los conocimientos sobre inclusión educativa de niños y niñas con síndrome de down en los docentes de las escuelas Brasil, Ciudad de Gualaceo y Huertos del Edén, del cantón Gualaceo. 2013

Abstract

Currently inclusive education is a major issue that seeks to improve and respond to diversity, aiming to provide a quality education for all people with special educational needs with and without disabilities. An investigation of type "Intervention - Action" was performed in order to assess, intervene and make a proposal on inclusive education for children with Down syndrome led to teachers in three schools of Canton Gualaceo.

The sample was 51 teachers from schools "Ciudad de Gualaceo”, “Brasil” and “Huertos del Edén”, initial and basic education. Of all the teachers evaluated 35.3 % belong to the age group of 43 years or over, 49% of teachers have 11 or more years of teaching, 52.9 % of the individuals have a level of education teacher, and 88.2 % are teachers in the public sector. One precaps was applied to evaluate the level of knowledge of teachers obtaining a result of 74.5 % "Good" after the educational intervention in poscaps results showed a 56.9% improvement getting results "Very good “. Therefore, the educational intervention improved knowledge of teachers on inclusive education for children with Down syndrome, fulfilling the objective set in the study. DeCS: DOWN SYNDROME, PREVALENCE, TEACHERS, CURRICULUM, PISICOLOGIA EDUCATION, EDUCATION.