Methodology of problematization - A feasible melhodological alternative to the Subject of nursing foundations?

Abstract

This study aimed to check with lhe teaching staff, lhe feasibility of applying the Methodology of Problematization to the Nursing Foundations subject at UEL. The needs of such implementation appeared because the subjects of the Nursing Program should be added to the new curricular proposal - which shows in its basic principIes described in the pedagogical project, the use of a methodology that can lead to shaping capable professionals,concerned with the historical and social-political context in the area of Public Health. Another turning point for the changes in this subject lies in its main concern of teaching nursing procedures highlighting the Technical aspects.Through lhe concepts and directives of the Methodology of Problematization, the states of Reality Observation – with the “Problem" identification - are developed: the need of an innovative methodology; the definition of Key-Points; the new curricular proposal, The Methodology of Problematization and the search for information with members of the teaching staff who would have experienced the methodology. After the analysis of the steps mentioned above, we have decided to create a working experiment with the teachers of the subject as a Solution Hypothesis having lhe Theorizing as a starting point. With lhe conclusions presented by members of the teaching staff and included in the stage of Applying to Reality, the credibility in using the Methodology of Problematization as a feasible and effective means in the teaching-learning process of the discipline was reinforced.