O ambiente virtual de aprendizagem no curso de enfermagem: ressignificando as práticas e os saberes docentes

Abstract

This study is the result of the research developed in the Master's Education Program from the University of West Paulista , which is inserted in theresearch line" Pedagogical Training and Teaching Practice of the Teaching Professional ". It presents as a general objective to identify and analyze how the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and its resources can be articulated to the pedagogical practices of the teachers who work in the higher education, in the nursing course understanding how the work with this environment contributes to the re-signification of the teachers’ practices and knowledges, aiming to critical-reflexive training of the students. The research took on a qualitative approach ofthecase study. The participants of the research were acting teachers in the nursing course from a private Higher Education Institution of PresidentePrudente / SP and that use the AVA in their disciplines. As instruments for data collection were used: the semi-structured interview and the questionnaire. The interview data were organized and analyzed, through the Collective Subject Speech (CSS). From this, the main results showed the possibility of understanding how the pedagogical practices can be re-signified, from the moment that technological resources , especially virtual environments, are inserted in the classroom , indicating, still, that new teaching knowledges are necessary for this new teacher performance perspective in higher education scope.