Impacts of the pandemic and challenges in education for the deaf

Abstract

In 2020, the world population was suddenly surprised by coronavírus pandemic effects, demanding new dynamics from schools and new strategies in remote learning. In front of questions about that and the challenges in deaf education, the goal of this study is to  investigate the teaching practices and the challenges of deaf students during the online classes in pandemic. Guided by the theoretical-methodological of the bibliographic research, the material was collected on Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and on Google Scholar, with standard of inclusion the selection restricted to scientific articles and productions involving the subjects of teaching strategies and challenges in basic education during the remote classes focusing on the education of the deaf. The results presents that the main challenges were: lack of interactions between students and teachers or students by students; little opportunity to resolve doubts; vulnerability socioeconomic; lack of a interpreter of sign language or who in the families could support this students with homework; no inclusive schools and methodologies, infrastructure problems in schools and little investment in teacher training to support deaf students.