Cuidado, crítica e emancipação: tensões entre a formação instrumental e emancipatória no Ensino Técnico em Enfermagem

Abstract

This study discusses the tensions between instrumental technical training and critical emancipatory education within the context of Professional and Technological Education (PTE), focusing on technical nursing education. The research aimed to reflect on the different educational conceptions present in PTE and their implications for teaching practice and the training of healthcare professionals. Methodologically, this is a qualitative, descriptive, and autobiographical study developed through a training memorial based on the assumptions of action research. The study articulates experiences from the author’s teaching trajectory with theoretical contributions from Professional and Technological Education, especially the ideas of Paulo Freire, Dermeval Saviani, Gaudêncio Frigotto, Maria Ciavatta, Marise Ramos, and Antonio Gramsci. The results highlight the need to overcome pedagogical practices centered only on technical reproduction, emphasizing an integrated, critical, ethical, and humanized education. In addition, pedagogical strategies such as active methodologies, integration between theory and practice, and the use of educational technologies are highlighted as possibilities to strengthen students’ integral education. It is concluded that Professional and Technological Education plays a fundamental role in building educational practices committed to human emancipation and social transformation in the healthcare field.