Groping the cell: production of tactile model in biology teaching for visually impaired students

Visually impaired people demand differentiated and inclusive educational practices. There are few works in the specialized literature discussing inclusive education for the visually impaired in biology teaching. Thus, to facilitate and streamline the teaching-learning processes of the discipline, this work aims to produce a tactile model on the topic of cytology and replication and utilize a tutorial in the context of visual impairment at Centro de Educacao de Jovens e Adultos Instituto Benjamin Constant (CEJA-IBC) high school, in Rio de Janeiro. The product was built by the teacher responsible for the discipline and was tested and evaluated by teachers and technicians of the institution. Later, it was applied in a workshop in person for students with visual impairments. This resource facilitated the approach to cytology in the context of visual impairment.