Contributions from pedagogical workshops to the interlocutor's training in continuing education in health

Abstract

The aim was to identify the contributions from pedagogical workshops to the interlocutor’s training for Continuing Education in Health. This is a longitudinal study, conducted from 2015 to 2017, with a qualitative approach. Fifteen interlocutors from the Center of Continuing Education in Health participated in the study, representing the cities of the northeast region of São Paulo state. The information was collected through a sociodemographicquestionnaire and a focus group; such information was transcribed, submitted to content analysis and interpreted using the Freirian Critical Pedagogy. Two categories were configured: “From the verbalism and activism time to the conscient act in the CEH” and “From the obstinacy of the traditional teaching method to actions in CEH as an active method”.The cycle of activities, grounded in the action-reflection-action, experienced in the pedagogical workshops, contributed to the comprehension of introductory concepts and assumptions of the active learning method to build collective education spaces, in opposition to the traditional teaching method.