O processo de inclusão do aluno com altas habilidades/superdotação (AH/SD) no ensino superior

Abstract

The present study of the graduation course in Special Night Education, linked to the Education Center of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) has the general objective to investigate the process of inclusion of the student with high abilities / giftedness at the beginning of UFSM Higher Education. Therefore, a qualitative case study was chosen. As a data collection instrument, a semi-structured interview was used to investigate the inclusion, challenges and potentialities of the academic environment. The present research was carried out with two academics identified with high abilities / giftedness who entered higher education, in the courses of Archivology and Social Sciences Bachelor. Initial training is of paramount importance to enhance the professional's behavior, b oth in terms of the knowledge to be acquired and in the exercise of their autonomy. And this path to be followed during higher education is one of many challenges and confrontations. As the analyzes result, several clashes for inclusion in higher education were identified, among them the relations with peers and teacher training, emphasizing the knowledge and information about these about high abilities / giftedness. This study aimed to investigate the process of adult inclusion in higher education, recogni zing the challenges of this process and reflecting on them, so that inclusion is discussed and practiced.