Rethinking the pedagogical reality at the school of nursing of the Federal University of Minas Gerais

Abstract

The undergraduate nursing courses live a new moment which has brought about the need to rethink the didactic-pedagogical reality of the S.chool of Nursing of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. We carried out a descriptive-exploratory study with the objective of getting to know the current didactic-pedagogical approaches used in the subjects, as well as where and when the theoretical and practical activities have been carried out. A questionnaire was filled out by the coordinators of the courses of the undergraduate nursing program. As a result one can see there is a lack of knowledge of some teachers of the different pedagogical concepts used by them, which showed contradictions between the described methodological concepts and the existing teaching practice. We also found a wide range of practical settings and that some experiences implemented showed they are working towards building innovative methodologies.