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Review
. 2015 Jul-Aug;68(4):626-35, 713-22.
doi: 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680420i.

Using the theory of meaningful learning in nursing education

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Alana Tamar Oliveira de Sousa  1 , Nilton Soares Formiga  2 , Simone Helena dos Santos Oliveira  1 , Marta Miriam Lopes Costa  1 , Maria Júlia Guimarães Oliveira Soares  1
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Review

Using the theory of meaningful learning in nursing education

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Alana Tamar Oliveira de Sousa et al. Rev Bras Enferm. 2015 Jul-Aug.
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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Rev Bras Enferm. 2016 Jan-Feb;69(1):190. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167.20166901e01. Rev Bras Enferm. 2016. PMID: 26871235 English, Portuguese. No abstract available.

Abstract

Objective: to synthesize the scientific literature about the Theory of Meaningful Learning in the process of teaching and learning in nursing.

Method: this is an integrative review conducted in the databases MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO, BDENF and CINAHL with studies addressing the subject or aspects of the theory of meaningful learning of David Ausubel. Ten studies were included, from which six were written in Portuguese and four in English, published from 1998 to 2013.

Results: five studies used the theory of meaningful learning, four studies cited Ausubel as the author of this theory and only two studies followed the framework for the application of the theory completely. There are only a few studies on this subject and those which explore it are not correlated with Ausubel's theory.

Conclusion: it is necessary to break with the dichotomy between theory and practice and promote the articulation of content with action, introducing the student as the author of their own knowledge.

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