Teaching strategies in undergraduate nursing courses: an approach to non-communicable chronic diseases<b>

Abstract

Objective: to identify the strategies used to teach chronic non-communicable diseases in an undergraduate nursing course. Methods: exploratory and documentary study with a qualitative approach developed from January to March 2016. The scenario was an undergraduate nursing course at a public university in the southern region of Brazil. Fifteen students and 11 teachers participated in the research through interviews. Documentary data were obtained from the Pedagogical Project of the Course and 11 teaching plans. The sequence and organization of the data followed the proposal of the content analysis technique. Results: two categories were identified: Priority to the use of traditional methodologies and Approximations with active learning methodologies. There are specific actions for the introduction of active methodologies in the classroom, but traditional methodologies are still prevalent. The teaching-learning approaches are still centered on the teacher, guided by content, with exposition and control of knowledge by teachers. Final considerations: the expected changes in undergraduate nursing courses are incipient with regard to the use of active teaching methodologies.