title: Educational action research on Facebook®: combining leisure and learning.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse the path of dialogical education in leisure and mental health in social media.
  
  
  METHODS
  Action research based on the theoretical-methodological framework of Paulo Freire, conducted with 11 nursing students of a public university in the state of Paraná, Brazil, during seven days of June 2015, in a closed group on Facebook®. The dialogues were called, 'Virtual Culture Circles' and preceded by self-administered questionnaires that addressed the relationship between leisure and mental health. The data were analysed in an interpretive way, using the encoding and decoding proposed by Freire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The students related leisure to pleasurable activities and quality of life; however, it is not widely or critically practiced in their personal lives or education.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Virtual Culture Circles provided emancipatory dialogues and a critical analysis of the subject matter, with possible repercussions on the personal and professional lives of the subjects.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Departamento de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem. Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Célia Maria Gomes
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Labegalini
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Departamento de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem. Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Iara Sescon
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Departamento de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem. Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daysi Mara Murio Ribeiro
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem Psiquiátrica. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Elton Carlos
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem Psiquiátrica. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Sonia Maria Villela
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bueno
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Departamento de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem. Maringá, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Vanessa Denardi Antoniassi
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Baldissera
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008603:Mental Health; D008960:Models, Psychological; D057181:Pleasure; D011788:Quality of Life; D061108:Social Media; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult