This thesis investigates how individual student nurses construct a body of knowledge that is appropriate and able to support or underpin their practical experiences in the early part of their undergraduate pre-registration nursing programme. It is an exploration of how contemporary nursing students link theory, that is fit for purpose, with the art and skills that are pre-requisite for competent nursing practice. The study is written from the perspective of a senior academic and perceived gatekeeper of professional nursing standards, and uses personal and professional writing to illustrate the ontological stance adopted. Working with the core concepts introduced by Bernstein (1975), Von Glasersfeld (1989), Mezirow et al (2000) inter alia, an emergent research methodology is employed. A questionnaire is used to confirm that the Higher Education Institution where the research was conducted was typical in the UK at the time; web logs (blogs) are used to explore the individual experiences of ten student nurses; and this is supplemented by interviews, naturally occurring and other data to illuminate, extend and contextualise the findings. The findings underpin the construction of a recursive model that links heads, hands and hearts with a central focus on viable knowledge, this being the knowledge that guides practice. The contribution of this study to practice relates to the recognition that knowledge must be presented and transmitted in a viable fashion with practice being maintained as pivotal to the educational process, and the recommendations of the study for curriculum design and delivery reflect this. The research concludes that viable knowledge that is dependent upon the centrality of practice in nurse education should become the defining attribute of the nurse of the future.

Orientador: Dermeval Saviani / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T19:58:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Coutinho_LucianaCristinaSalvatti_D.pdf: 2094106 bytes, checksum: 78d7e1396ad3bc5a4d410d67778cdba1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Esta pesquisa objetiva compreender a trajetória histórica da questão da prática no curso de Pedagogia no Brasil desde a origem do curso até os dias atuais, delimitando como marco final de estudo o ano de 1980, buscando empreender uma reflexão crítica sobre seu movimento em confronto com os determinantes históricos. Com essa finalidade, procedeuse ao levantamento, manipulação, análise e interpretação de fontes primárias e secundárias acerca da temática em foco, à luz da concepção materialista-dialética da história. O exame das fontes foi feito levando em conta o desenvolvimento histórico expresso na periodização do objeto de estudo, de acordo com o seguinte roteiro: 1. Antecedentes históricos: da educação jesuíta implementada a partir de 1549 aos Institutos de Educação criados na década de 1930; 2. Da instituição do Curso de Pedagogia, em 1939, à LDB de 1961; 3. Da segunda regulamentação, em 1962, à reforma Universitária de 1968; 4. Da terceira regulamentação, em 1969, à I CBE, em 1980. O procedimento de análise guiou-se pelo eixo da questão da prática. Assim, na leitura das fontes se esteve atento à presença da prática procurando-se detectar a frequência com que ela se manifestou e o lugar que ocupava não apenas no âmbito da política educacional e nas propostas de formação do pedagogo, mas também na organização, no desenho curricular e no modo de realização do ensino levado a cabo pelos professores do Curso de Pedagogia. Por isso, além das diretrizes e normas de política educativa foram consideradas também as fontes relativas aos planos de curso e aos programas de ensino desenvolvidos em uma das instituições que está na origem do modelo de curso de pedagogia adotado no país: a Universidade de São Paulo. Sumariamente, a pesquisa demonstrou que a questão da prática na formação do pedagogo é histórica e pedagogicamente determinada expressando a problemática central da pedagogia: a relação entre teoria e prática. / Abstract: This work aims to understand the historical trajectory of Pedagogy course in Brazil since its origin until 1980 through a critical reflexion about its development as a response to historical facts. This work included collection, handling, analysis and interpretation of primary and secondary sources of the subject, with focus on the historical materialisticdialectic conception. The analysis of the sources was done taken into account the historical development of the subject, according to the following timelines: 1. Historical background: Jesuit education implemented from 1549 in Educational Institutes created on 1930's. 2. From Pedagogy course start up in 1939 to LDB of 1961; 3. From second regulation in 1962 to University Reform of 1968; 4. From terceira regulamentação in 1969 to I CBE, in 1980. The analysis was focused on the practical aspect of Pedagogy. Therefore, during the study of the sources and documents, particular attention was paid related to the presence of practice, looking for frequency and place it happened, not only through the view of educational policies and formation of the professionals, but also through its organization, curriculum design and in how the teachers of the Pedagogy course run the teaching. As a consequence, course plans and programs developed for the Universidade de São Paulo, were also taken into consideration, besides the educational policy standards and guidelines, since this university is one of the pioneers in the development of the pedagogy course model adopted in the country. As a summary of the results, it was found that the practice in the pedagogy professional formation is historical and pedagogically determined, expressing the central problem in Pedagogy: the relation between theory and practice. / Doutorado / Filosofia e História da Educação / Doutora em Educação