METODOLOGIAS ATIVAS NO ENSINO SUPERIOR: PERCEPÇÃO DOCENTE SOBRE A IMPORTÂNCIA DA CONTINUIDADE DO PROCESSO DE APRENDIZAGEM

Abstract

Introduction: Education can be considered a way to change the world. To this end, it seeks to provide, in an effective manner, more and more knowledge that is the basis for integral human development. In this regard, the continuing education of teachers appears as an important aspect in the search for significant changes in the educational scenario, considering the specificities of each scenario of their performance. Active methodologies in higher education have emerged as an innovative and challenging strategy. Therefore, it is necessary that the teacher inserted in this scenario is in constant learning. Objective: To understand the view of higher education teachers in health on the continuity of the learning process. Method: Qualitative research based on the assumptions of the Theory of Social Representations, carried out at a Faculty in the interior of São Paulo, with forty professors from the medical and nursing courses, inserted in different educational units. Data collection took place from recorded interviews, with a guiding question that sought to understand the teaching perception about the continuity of the learning process within the scope of active methodologies. Results: According to the perception of the professors interviewed, the continuity of the learning process is fundamental, essential and timely, providing conditions to be always up-to-date in the face of current innovations. Digital Information and Communication Technologies indicated the main way to continue learning. Conclusions: It is noted that the teaching perception about the continuity of the learning process consists of updating mechanisms. The need for higher education institutions to offer conditions for the continuity of the teaching activity process is reiterated.