PROJECT METHOD: USING THIS STRATEGY TO TEACH HEALTH DIDACTICS

Abstract

This study’s objectives were to analyze the representations regarding the relationships between Nursing and Education practices, to reveal expectations regarding the class discipline Teaching Fundamentals, Methods and Techniques, and evaluate the use of the Projects Method. Method: this is a qualitative evaluation research performed between April and June 2007 with first-year students of a Nursing Undergraduate Course. The data were analyzed based on the Social Representations framework and the constructivist postulates. The students revealed that their learning expectations were related with the contents of didactics, human communication, and the teaching-learning process. The Projects Method was considered capable of providing dynamism, interest about the content, and the ability to associate theory and practice, in addition to having favored the amplitude and appreciation of the binomial educate/care.