Bioeducando: proposta interdisciplinar de promoção à saúde

Abstract

This paper discusses the importance of education for the promotion of health. It considers, however, that the teaching-learning process will only be effective if considered the social, economic and cultural conditions of those involved. For this, there is a need to provide an interdisciplinary dynamic when discussing health in schools. The disciplines of science and biology bring a theoretical and conceptual repertoire important in relation to health discussions, healthy habits and quality of life, even supposing that there is a subjective pressure in these classifications. However, it emphasizes the importance of seeking and article scientific knowledge to everyday practices, information and customs of the students, so that occurs an association between knowledge of science with social experiences. We present the results of research carried out in Dourados-MS, the University Federal of Grande Dourados (UFGD). The Bioeducando project, developed from 2012 to 2014, which object to analyze the health promotion in formal and informal education within the life sciences. For this extension practices have been developed in order to expand students knowledge of public municipal and neighborhood Estrela Hory, about health and quality of life.