Paulo Freire's contributions to health education

approaches between the theoretical framework and the speeches of science and biology teachers

Abstract

Health education in schools has been progressively studied, and the need for understandings in health that go beyond the content nature and that allow reflection on the intertwined sociocultural aspects is increasingly evident. In this work, the proposition of critical health education is anchored in Saviani's theoretical framework, which represents the importance of erudite culture and teacher training. Through discursive textual analyzes resulting from narrative reports shared by five science and biology teachers, it was possible to identify the way in which teachers understand and teach health. Two teachers presented reports based on critical education, and both mentioned Paulo Freire in their conceptions for health teaching. These data allowed us to reflect on Paulo Freire's legacy in different sectors of education and reinforce the importance of an adequate theoretical basis for each situation when aiming for critical education.