Introdução de metodologias ativas de aprendizagem no ensino de Nutrição Clinica em um curso Técnico em Nutrição e Dietética

Abstract

In order to promote the formation of active students with an expanded view of health and committed to the transformation of the reality and considering the complexity that characterizes it, it is necessary to introduce new ways to organize and produce knowledge, hitherto represented by disciplinarily, fragmentation of the object and increasing specialization. According to the new pedagogical trends, teaching active methodologies arise, allowing "learning how to learn", focusing on the principles of interactive, critical and reflexive pedagogy. Nutrition technical education also advocates the use of learning active methodologies in its guidelines; however, this is not a daily practice in most technical schools. In face of this reality, this study intends to introduce learning active methodologies (problem-based learning and reflexive portfolio) in the discipline of Clinical Nutrition in a traditional curriculum of a Nutrition and Dietetics technical course. Furthermore, it aimed to highlight the perception of these students about the applied methodologies. For data capture, it was applied surveys with open and closed questions. For the organization of qualitative data, it was used the Collective Subject Discourse (DSC) and the word cloud for visualization of the occurrences of the words found in the students answers. For analysis, it was adopted the Content Analysis (AC) mode Thematic Analysis (AT). There was higher cognitive gain since the learning objectives have been achieved. This parameter is reflected in an increase in the note of the assessments. The discourse analysis shows that in addition to the acceptance of the method, other skills such as working group has also been developed. It is concluded that the use of active learning methodologies enhances student learning and develop the ability to work in teams.