Educação sobre drogas e formação de professores: uma proposta de ensino a distância centrada na redução de danos

Abstract

National and international studies have demonstrated the limitations and failures of prohibitionist approaches to drugs, focusing on repression of consumption. Since 1998, National Curriculum Parameters on health have indicated that prevention of drug misuse should be tackled across traditional programmatic content. However, different studies, added to the researcher's teaching practice, reveal the difficulties of teachers in developing educational and preventive activities on drugs and the lack of training courses on the subject, capable of stimulating such actions. From this perspective, this study aimed to elaborate and implement a learning distance course on drugs for teachers, as well as to investigate the extent to which the course has fostered the development of spaces for dialogue and learning on the subject in schools. Most of the students declared themselves motivated by the course and evaluated the training as very good in relation to the contents presented and the pedagogical approach, centered in the dialogical, participative and collaborative perspective. As for the difficulties to follow the course, were mentioned problems for time management and particular unforeseen and health conditions. Especially in the interviews, it was mentioned the difficulty of carrying out projects in partnership within and outside schools, which compromises a more integrative approach to the theme. Based on the results, it is intended to improve the course and to reproduce it, aiming to contribute with a free teacher training alternative on drugs, focusing on Harm reduction, capable of promoting educational and preventive actions in the school context.