Discriminación y discapacidad física. Un estudio de caso en el segundo año de educación general básica en una institución educativa de la ciudad de Quito.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the discrimination generated between students with physical disabilities and their peers in the process of socialization and learning in the second year of General Basic Education. For this purpose, a qualitative methodology has been followed to interpret and analyze the consequences that discrimination produces in students, using two types of scopes: exploratory to approach the educational entity and explanatory to determine the causes and effects generated by a problem in education. Then, the main results were that the student with physical disability is discriminated by his peers, due to the erroneous knowledge learned about the treatment or approach to a person who has a motor impairment by the general student body that surrounds this student. Where, in the first place, lies the social factor or cause such as the manifestation of stereotypes and value judgments; also, in the process of socialization with their peers originates when they share pleasant moments in the hours of class and recreation; so that, the fundamental consequence in education due to discrimination is the demotivation to learn new teachings given by the teacher. Therefore, the alternative that should predominate in the educational environment is the inclusion to sensitize the students about the effects that discrimination produces to the child with physical disabilities in their interpersonal relationships and acquisition of new knowledge.