Abstract

FERREIRA, Jacques de Lima  and  BEHRENS, Marilda Aparecida. Online continuing education for teachers who work in the educational service to students in health care. Revista da FAEEBA: Educação e Contemporaneidade [online]. 2016, vol.25, n.46, pp.121-139. ISSN 0104-7043.  https://doi.org/10.2015/01047043v25n462016121.

This article aims to analyze an online continuing education process which was offered to teachers who work in the educational service to the students in health treatment (APETS) during a research approved by CNPq "Eureka - Virtual Environment favoring the online continuing education of teachers who work with students in health care". The issue investigated was: How can the online continuing education contribute to the professional development of teachers who work in the educational service to the students on health care and what the implications of such educational training are? In a case study qualitative approach which involved 295 teachers from several states who work at APETS. Data were collected from two questionnaires (procedural and diagnosis), with open and closed questions which made possible the content analysis based on the perspective of Bardin (2011), using the help of Atlas Ti software. The results showed that the online continuing education process offered to teachers who work at APETS contributes to the professional development of teachers when the constructs given in continuing education include the relation between education and health, in an innovative vision that ensures the connection between theory and practice

Keywords : Education; Health; Online Education; Continuing Education; Professional Development.

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