Collaborative Work at School as a Tool for Demedicalization

Abstract

This text is an excerpt from ongoing master's research entitled "Collaborative work as a demedicalizing tool," which aims to problematize how collaborative work can contribute to the production of possible demedicalizing/depathologizing practices in the school context. As postulated by Capellini (2005), Viralonga (2014), Zerbato (2014) and Zanata (2005), there are many studies that discuss the schooling of students in the regular classroom that prove that the work of the ESA teacher goes beyond the multifunctional classrooms. Thus, in this article, we present a study problematizing how the collaborative work carried out by the ESL teacher in the classroom can be crossed by medicalizing discourses, and the lack of knowledge about these discourses means that their practices and outlooks contribute to the medicalization of the subjects practicing at school. Understanding the term "medicalization" goes beyond medication; we mean the process of artificially transforming social, historical and political issues into medical ones. Collaborative work is one of the ways in which these discourses can be problematized, offering a set of demedicalizing practices with the aim of transforming them. Thinking about inclusion means reflecting on school practices, not just enrolling students in schools to comply with legislation. Inclusion goes beyond compliance; it is necessary to rethink the pedagogical practices offered and analyze whether they are contributing to the formation of subjects involved in a socially referenced quality teaching-learning process in which everyone fits.



Author Information
Mirian Esteiner Costa, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Daniella Augusta Munerat Sesana, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Rossana Dias Oliveira, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Eliene Guimarães Moreira, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil
Jair Ronchi Filho, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Paper Information
Conference: BCE2024
Stream: Education & Difference: Gifted Education

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To cite this article:
Costa M., Sesana D., Oliveira R., Moreira E., & Filho J. (2025) Collaborative Work at School as a Tool for Demedicalization ISSN: 2435-9467 – The Barcelona Conference on Education 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 683-694) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2435-9467.2024.60
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2435-9467.2024.60


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