INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: REPORT OF THE EXPERIENCE ON THE UFRN TOURISM COURSE

RELATO DA EXPERIÊNCIA NO CURSO DE TURISMO DA UFRN

Abstract

This paper aims to reflect on the inclusion of students with specific needs in university education by sharing the experience of inclusion actions in the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) tourism course. The actions developed by the tourism group at the Center for Applied Social Sciences are presented, taking into account the guidelines of UFRN's inclusion policy and activities that are being developed by the course at the teaching, research and extension level. In the methodological procedures, an experience report was used, which is a text that presents an academic and/or professional experience in one of the pillars of university education (teaching, research and extension), whose main characteristic is the description of the intervention. The main purpose is to share and provoke reflection on a relevant topic both from the perspective of training and the performance of professionals with a bachelor's degree in tourism. As a way of gathering and presenting the experience, teachers and students who have the topic of inclusion and accessibility as a focus of interest were accessed, working to raise awareness through extracurricular activities, lectures and research. Among the results, it is reported that within the scope of teaching, the tourism course has several teachers coordinating teaching projects, in which monitors contribute to the process of adapting classes, directly monitoring tasks involving content, supporting activities practices and assistance for specific demands according to classroom demands. Regarding research and extension projects, scholarship holders are involved in organizing events, participating in training courses, research on the topic, study circles and research that provoke reflections and articles like this one. Furthermore, students are participating in educational campaigns, such as disseminating knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder and producing an exhibition to combat bullying and organizing an event on neurodivergence.