O diferencial no exercício da docência superior: o ensino da disciplina Gerontologia Social na graduação em Serviço Social

Abstract

Teaching practices in higher education should look beyond the instrumentalization of the students, to foster in future professionals the ability to seek the continuation and improvement of its formation from the observation of the present society demands that these professionals will act. With this aim, the course for graduation in Social Work Institute Camillo Filho (ICF-PI) inserted into their curriculum the study area of social gerontology, as obligatory curriculum, with theoretical and practical activities. In this sense, teachers of the ICF-PI had to develop different teaching strategies and methodologies to teach the disciplines of Social Gerontology. The observation and analysis of learning activities used in class will provide feedback to the actual condition of the teacher teaching. Accordingly, we included a survey of previous knowledge, use of information conveyed in different media, and interdisciplinary activities to disrupt preconceived perceptions about aging and stigmatizing. According to the analysis conducted with the students, through the use of questionnaires, we found that the majority substituted its perceptions biased and stigmatizing. Thus, the social service professionals should seek qualification on aging and use of interdisciplinary work is because the subject is subjected to many studies.