title: Development of critical attitude in fundamentals of professional care discipline: a case study.
abstract: This is a qualitative case study to identify the contributions of a critical pedagogical technique in developing critical attitudes of graduating nursing students in Brazil. Fourteen students participated in this study. Data were collected from March to August 2010 using triangulation of non-participant observation, interview and document analysis. The collected data were transcribed to Word documents, which were subsequently imported into ATLAS.ti, version 6.2, for organisation and qualitative data analysis. The analysis was based on the work of Minayo (2010). The following three thematic analysis units were constructed: feeling free - seeking the liberty to learn to admire, admiring by curiosity and reflecting about the admired object. The results of the thematic categories reveal that the students understand that they are free to have an active role in their education, and the teacher facilitates this process; thus, the students have a raison d'ètre, or reason for being, free. Feeling free, the student can exercise their curiosity when facing the given situations and topics, which challenges them to make decisions based on their awareness of the world.
authors: Health Sciences Federal University Porto Alegre, Sarmento leite, 245, 401A room, Downtown, Porto Alegre, RS, 90050-170, Brazil. Electronic address: robswater@gmail.com.
authors: Roberta
authors: R
authors: Waterkemper
authors: Santa Catarina Federal University, CNPq, Undergraduate Nursing Program, Campus Health Sciences Center, Trindade district, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
authors: Marta Lenise
authors: ML
authors: do Prado
authors: Pedagogy Faculty, Department of Didactics and Education Organization, Mundet Campus, Levante Built 2nd floor, Vall d'Hebron, 171, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
authors: Jose Luis Moya
authors: JL
authors: Medina
authors: Santa Catarina Federal University, CNPq, Undergraduate Nursing Program, Campus Health Sciences Center, Trindade district, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
authors: Kenya Schmidt
authors: KS
authors: Reibnitz
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D036301:Qualitative Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013850:Thinking
keywords: Attitude; Critical thinking; Nursing education; Nursing student