Active methodologies in higher education: teacher perception in a private Federal District institution

• Autor(a) principal: Azevedo, Sandson Barbosa
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Pacheco, Veruska Albuquerque, Santos, Elen Alves dos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Docência do Ensino Superior (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/2573
• topic: Metodologias ativas; Ensino superior; Docência; Active methodologies; Higher education; Teaching; Metodologías activas; Enseñanza superior; Enseñanza

This is a study about the perceptions of professors about active methodologies in higher education. The research aimed to map the perception of lecturers of a private college about the use of these methodologies. The research was quantitative exploratory, characterized as a case study, and comprised of the use of a questionnaire. The sample consists of 57 university lecturers from a private institution of higher education located in Brasilia. The results show that 96% of the participants use the active methodologies in their teaching practice, the case study method and team-based learning were the most used by the group. It is clear in the perception of the participants, the most developed characteristics in the students are interpersonal relationships, initiative, and increased criticality. The awareness of professors regarding the importance of using active methodologies was verified. This research also pointed out the importance of HEIs (Higher Education Institutions) offering active methodologies courses in their spaces, without giving a critical and reflective view of how the methodologies have been applied.