University extension for deaf graduate and undergraduate researchers

production of Curriculum Lattes as a process of academic empowerment

Abstract

The academic and scientific field differs from other types of context due to the requirements and proofs concerning degrees and publications. One of the most consolidated ways of demonstrating academic productions is the Curriculum Lattes, accessible through a platform named CNPq, where Brazilian academic works are found. The lack of knowledge to complete the Curriculum Lattes (CL) in all its tabs and the presentation in written text is common in the academy. In addition, the university context calls for researchers to promote teaching, research, and extension activities. In this sense, this paper presents a teaching modality developed in a university extension of the National Institute of Education for the Deaf (INES), supported, above all, in active teaching method-ologies, by Bacich and Morán; in Pedagogy Visual, by Campello and Lebedeff and in the Easy Reading method, by Cruz and Santos. The course was offered and mediated by digital technology, through synchronous and asynchronous classes, exclusively for deaf undergraduate and graduate students in Brazil. The contents were authentic and not adapted from existing materials, bearing in mind that the deaf researcher must have access to information and textual production based on Libras (Brazilian Sign Language, acronym in Portuguese) and Portuguese in written form. The course lasted 20 hours and covered content focused both on the formatting and structure of the CL and the linguistic aspects inherent to written Portuguese. The results were significant with the active participation of all those enrolled until the end of the course, presenting meaningful productions.