Didactic audio description to support learning in Physics

Abstract

The process of educational inclusion is essential for the learning of all students, including those in Special Education, those who face difficulties with more traditional teaching methods, and those who are adaptable to any learning approach. Therefore, the creation of diverse methodology, practices, and instructional resources is fundamental to ensure that each student, according to their specific needs, can learn the same content as their peers. In this context, this study presents bibliographic research on articles related to the process of didactic audio description, with the aim of verifying what research studies and published works exist and how they are conducted regarding this topic. In addition, this work introduces the creation and development of kinematics graphs that are pedagogically and didactically audio-described. These audio-described graphs are created based on situations explored in Physics classes, and for the audio descriptions, texts are developed to explain both the visual (imagetic) aspects of the graphs and their didactic components. For the creation of these graphs, materials on audio description were researched and studied; the graphs were then developed, the texts were written, and after this process, videos were recorded to be made available.  The graphs are made available on social media so that high school students, whether in Special Education or not,can access different ways of learning kinematics in Physics education. Additionally, the material supports teachers in developing diverse methodologies for the teaching-learning process.