Signs in Libras for inorganic compounds as a translator of scientific concepts: a prospection in bibliographic databases

Maria da Conceição Silva de Melo Caracol, João Ricardo Freire de Melo, Frederico Campos Pereira

chemistry, libras, scientific terminologies, signs, teaching materials.

We live in a technological society whose development is directly linked to advances in scientific knowledge. Thus, learning science at school today is of fundamental importance for students to be able to understand its concepts, as well as to apply them. However, due to the lack of methodologies as regards Teaching Chemistry to deaf alumni and the scarcity of scientific terminologies in this area, which impact on the learning of this science, many authors point out the need for research involving chemical signs in Libras. In this sense, this article aims to make a mapping to know if there are Signs in Libras for inorganic compounds in audiovisual format, as material to aid the translation of scientific concepts. The methodology was based upon a qualitative approach of exploratory nature, with data collection via bibliographical research. The prospecting was accomplished on CAPES portal, Google Scholar and SciELO, there resulting in 6,476 documents. After filtering strategies, we found that none was identical to the desired product. We therefore identified that there are no articles, dissertations and theses, up to this research date, addressing to the theme of Libras for inorganic compounds and that their creation is of fundamental need for understanding the chemical concepts and, consequently, as a tool to support the chemistry teaching-learning process.

Received: 27 Oct 2020; Received in revised form: 05 Jan 2021; Accepted: 13 Feb 2021; Available online: 27 Feb 2021

10.22161/ijaers.82.37