MEDICALIZATION OF EDUCATION: INTERVENTION-FORMATIVE RESEARCH WITH TEACHERS IN THE FINAL YEARS OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Medicalization of Education. Historical-Cultural Theory. Intervention with teachers
This study aims to analyze the contributions of a training intervention based on the Historical-Cultural Theory on the phenomenon of the medicalization of education, with teachers who work in the final years of Elementary School. This research aims to deepen studies on the phenomenon of the medicalization of education in light of the Historical-Cultural Theory, which conceives the development of subjects based on dialectical relationships with the context in which they are inserted, without ignoring biological factors, but understanding that these factors are not the only ones that determine the development of the human being and their learning process. Twenty teachers from the state public school system participated in the research, 13 of whom consented to the research, which allowed us to collect the data necessary for the purposes of this study. The research actions took place in person and asynchronously, using technologies for communication and learning. Instruments such as a questionnaire administered to the teachers, group interviews, and video and audio recordings produced as records of the meetings were used to collect data. Methodologically, we used a qualitative approach, of a participatory nature, guided by intervention research. The data obtained, considering the participants' statements, were organized into thematic axes for analysis and discussion. These will be analyzed in dialogue with the THC, aiming for a deeper and more comprehensive explanation of the reality that constitutes the phenomenon of the medicalization of education. This study sought to promote spaces for reflection and collective discussion based on pedagogical practices in order to provide teachers with theoretical support that broadens their understanding and ways of dealing with the phenomenon under study.