TITLE:
Advancing Teacher Skills while Developing New Learning Materials for Professional Health Education
AUTHORS:
Andreia Araujo Lima Torres, Gardênia da Silva Abbad, Kelb Bousquet-Santos
KEYWORDS:
Teacher Development, Teaching Skills, Nutrition, Health Education
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.5 No.14,
August
15,
2014
ABSTRACT: This paper
describes the experience of a PhD candidate during during her teaching training
period within the Human nutrition course in a Brazilian public university.
The experience provided the doctoral candidate the opportunity to study and
deepen knowledge in the field of educational psychology, including learning
theories, instructional theories and instructional design. As a result, the
Human Nutrition Course was restructured and new learning material supported by
Information and Communication Technologies was produced and used during the
semester. As a result, it was reported by students a greater level of
satisfaction and learning. The supervised practice in teaching was perceived as
an important and useful moment by the doctoral candidate as it enabled
interactions between research and teaching, the improvement of classes, media
and learning strategies. It also enabled a greater comprehension of the
professors’ role and its importance in the educational process. Finally, the
paper discusses new ICT skills recommended in teaching in undergraduate health
courses.