O processo de medicalização da educação e o licenciado em ciências biológicas: desafios e possibilidades de atuação

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to reflect on the process of medicalization in Brazilian education and the challenges faced by the graduate in Biological Sciences in the face of this phenomenon. In this way , we seek to carry out a research on the topic of medicalization, which is about medically solving problems that are not medical, excluding important aspects of the subject's life, such as social, cultural and family situation. of education, analyzing the Curricular Pedagogical Project of the Degree in Biological Sciences at the Federal University of Paraíba, identifying the challenges and possibilities of critical and reflective pedagogical action on the studied problem. This research has a qualitative, bibliographic and documentary approach. This study is important for us to know how the course prepares future teachers to deal with the diversity that exists in a classroom. W e verified that the Curriculum Pedagogical Project of the course does not directly address issues related to learning difficulties and, when analyzing, we also realize that only some disciplines present any possibility of talking about this subject. In this way , it is concluded that the topic is very important for the formation of future teachers, because, by recognizing these learning difficulties, the teacher will be able to help the student in the best way . As the subject is not directly included in the Curricular Pedagogical Project, it may simply not be brought up throughout the course, depending on the professors and their course plans.