The education and learning process as perceived by undergraduate dentistry students

• Autor(a) principal: Saliba, Nemre A.
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Moimaz, Suzely A. S., Fadel, Cristina B., Bino, Livia S.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABENO (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/1323
• topic: Higher Education. Teaching. Dentistry; Educação Superior. Ensino. Odontologia

Learning is a continuous process that induces the human being to acquire new ways of thinking and behaving, and the university is an essential part of this constant learning process. At present, Dentistry courses are undergoing a process of restructuring to comply with the National Curricular Guidelines. In this context, the evaluation of teaching takes on an important role, because it provides basic information needed for the process of realigning teaching. The aim of this study was to analyze the data obtained from the evaluation carried out in the School of Dentistry of Araçatuba-UNESP regarding the teaching-learning process, as perceived by the undergraduate students (n=367). In the questionnaire applied, the student expressed his opinions according to extent of agreement, in the following categories: Agrees (C), Undecided (I) and Disagrees (D) on the information relevant to course objective, teaching, learning, psychosocial issues and educational environment. The results showed that in the opinion of the students (75.25 %), the objectives to be achieved in the course are explained well, the teaching offered helps them develop self-confidence (70.8 %) and encourages them as learners (63.5 %). They also think (67.5 %) that they are well prepared for their profession. Most (39.8 %) feel that the teaching offered is centered on the teacher and they disagree that teaching time is used well (49.5 %). It can be concluded that the teaching-learning process was classified satisfactorily; however, it should be stressed that the role of professors needs to be evaluated, and that teaching time should be used better in order to provide a more motivated and suitable educational environment that will contribute significantly to the learning process.