THE CONCEPTS OF INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY: THE SAME ORIGINS?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/contrapontos.v19n1.p392-407

Keywords:

Intellectual disability, Intelligence, Special Education.

Abstract

In this paper, it is discussed the origins of the concepts of intelligence and intellectual disability from the European context and its influences in the Brazilian school scene. It is a bibliographical research based on the studies of Alfred Binet on the measurement of intelligence and "abnormality" in dialogue with the contemporary scientific literature. From the analysis carried out, we have highlighted the influence of the European context on the Brazilian Special Education. It has also been shown that these concepts have the same origins and were forged in the context of a medical-psychological science, justified by a republican ideology as a "solution" of the Brazilian educational problems of that time.

Author Biographies

Andressa Mafezoni Caetano, UFES

Professora Associada do Departamento de Teorias e Práticas Educacionais e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação - Mestrado Modalidade Profissional - da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo.

Márcia Denise Pletsch, UFRRJ

Professora Associada do Departamento Educação e Sociedade e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação, Contextos Contemporâneos e Demandas Populares da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Jovem cientista da FAPERJ e pesquisadora do CNPq.

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Published

2019-11-21

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2019): CONTRAPONTOS

Section

Academic Reflections

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