Nursing Education Research Archives - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to identify key components of the social learning theory in a computational tool to aid in teaching the reasoning process for the preparation of a nursing diagnosis.

Method:

qualitative study that analyzed the statements collected through a focus group of 18 teachers and students from two Brazilian nursing schools.

Results:

the themes were grouped into four categories related to the components of the theory and into 13 subcategories.

Conclusion:

the meaning of learning can be extended by the teacher's didactics and corroborated by the relationship between systematization and reasoning. To learn by doing, some prerequisites are required as is a process of motivation and qualification, which are also inherent to learning by forming an identity in the group. In the feeling of belonging to a particular group, aspects related to the profession become visible as opposed to the aspects of belonging to a community of practice of learning.