Educação permanente de professores: a reflexão-ação na promoção da alimentação saudável nas escolas

Abstract

The school is a privileged space to work with the concept of healthy eating. With the aim of contributing to the achievement of pedagogical practices related to the theme "Feeding and Nutrition" in a fishing community, the course "Training of Nutrition Education Educators" was offered to local teachers. The objective of this work was to reflect about the importance of the course as a promoter of reflective thinking and triggering changes in the actions of educators who participated. The sample collection was done through observation and the writings records and utterances produced by the participants. Content analysis was performed and two categories emerged: reflection-action in feeding and reflection-action in pedagogical practice. The results showed that this course provided acquisition of new knowledge in relation to healthy eating to teachers, promoting changes in their personal and professional lives. It was concluded that: 1) the new knowledge fed, in teachers, the desire to make changes in their personal lives and include in their pedagogical practices the concept of healthy eating; 2) the continuing education work is important and it should be extended to the whole school community and family to support the work of teachers; 3) the reflection-action is important for the teachers’ training on working with the Healthy Eating at Schools Promotion – Promoção da Alimentação Saudável nas Escolas (PASE)