A cinenurducation activity using Call the Midwife to teach about sexually transmitted infections and preeclampsia: design, implementation, and assessment.

BACKGROUND: Nursing students need to learn about sexually transmitted infections and preeclampsia. Cinenureducation is a rigorous method that uses materials from commercial movies or television series to teach health sciences students. OBJECTIVES: Using content analysis of the television series Call the Midwife, design a cinenureducation activity teaching nursing students about sexually transmitted infections and preeclampsia. Evaluate its effectiveness in knowledge acquisition. DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND PRE-POST ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE GAIN FOR TEACHING ACTIVITIES: The study comprised three main steps: designing the teaching activity, implementing it, and analyzing its pedagogical effectiveness through a pre-and-post study to assess knowledge acquisition resulting from the teaching activity. PARTICIPANTS: A six-member panel assessed the suitability of materials for the teaching goals. All second-year undergraduate nursing students in the course "Nursing management and leadership" at a nursing school in the 2022-2023 academic year were invited to participate (N = 160). METHODS: The panel conducted a content analysis of the first two seasons of the series to determine the usefulness of each episode for teaching the chosen topics. Students were randomly assigned to groups watching episodes emphasizing either sexually transmitted infections or preeclampsia, followed by discussion. Learning was gauged through a pre-post viewing 20-question multiple-choice test. Additionally, students' satisfaction was evaluated. RESULTS: A total of 142 nursing students participated. Significant differences between mean scores before and after intervention were found [6.90 vs. 6.42 on the preintervention assessment, p < 0.05; mean gain, 0.49 (95 % CI: 0.22-0.76)]. Most students were satisfied with the activity. CONCLUSIONS: The activity was useful for teaching about sexually transmitted infections and preeclampsia. The use of a television series portraying nurses enables the exploration of these critical topics. This has potential implications for integrating similar methods into nurse education curricula, emphasizing the broader impact of the research on pedagogical practices in healthcare education.

Estratégias utilizadas por professores ante os desafios no processo de escolarização de estudantes do ensino fundamental / Strategies used by teachers to face challenges in the schooling process of elementary school students / Estrategias utilizadas por los maestros frente a los desafíos en el proceso de escolarización de estudiantes de la educación primaria

Este trabalho tem por objetivo compreender as principais estratégias utilizadas por professores para lidar com os desafios presentes no processo de escolarização. A pesquisa, de cunho qualitativo, utilizou o referencial teórico da perspectiva histórico-cultural de Vygotski, empregando as técnicas de observação participante e de grupo focal. Doze docentes participaram de um grupo focal e foram ouvidos em relação às estratégias utilizadas para lidar com os desafios no processo de escolarização. As informações obtidas foram analisadas com base nos núcleos de significação de Aguiar e Ozella (2006, 2013). Os docentes mencionaram recorrer ao auxílio da equipe pedagógica quando sentem que não conseguem lidar com questões de comportamento e aprendizagem dos estudantes. Utilizaram a intervenção de especialistas fora do contexto escolar, pois acreditam que muitos de seus estudantes não aprendem em função de questões cognitivas ou neurológicas. Identificou-se pouca reflexão acerca da implicação dos docentes no processo de escolarização que protagonizam.

This paper aims to understand the main strategies used by teachers to deal with challenges present in the schooling process. The research, based on a qualitative approach, used Vygotsky's Cultural-historical perspective as a theoretical reference, employing participant observation and focus group techniques. Twelve teachers participated in a focus group and were heard in relation to the strategies they used to deal with challenges in the schooling process. The information obtained was analyzed based on the Meaning Cores of Aguiar and Ozella (2006, 2013). Teachers mentioned requesting support from pedagogical teams when they feel they cannot deal with student behavior and learning issues. They used interventions of specialists outside the school context, believing that many of their students do not learn because of cognitive or neurological issues. Little reflection has been identified about the involvement of teachers in the schooling process they perform.

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo comprender las principales estrategias utilizadas por los maestros para hacer frente a los desafíos presentes en el proceso de escolarización. La investigación, de cuño cualitativo, utilizó el referencial teórico de la perspectiva histórico-cultural de Vygotsky, utilizando las técnicas de observación participante y grupo focal. Doce docentes participaron de un grupo focal y fueron escuchados con relación a las estrategias utilizadas para hacer frente a los desafíos en el proceso de escolarización. Las informaciones obtenidas fueron analizadas con base en los núcleos de significación de Aguiar y Ozella (2006, 2013). Los docentes mencionaron recurrir a la ayuda del equipo pedagógico cuando sienten que no logran lidiar con cuestiones de comportamiento y aprendizaje de los estudiantes. Utilizaron la intervención de especialistas afuera del contexto escolar, pues creen que muchos de sus estudiantes no aprenden en función de cuestiones cognitivas o neurológicas. Se identificó poca reflexión acerca de la implicación de los docentes en el proceso de escolarización que protagonizan.