Estratégias criativas no processo ensino-aprendizagem da Radiologia Odontológica

While there have been advances in the practice of education in Brazil, also observed the occurrence of education centered on the teacher's figure. One of the challenges of higher education is to create new educational models that promote the creative ability of the students, because there is a breakdown of the traditional model of education. This study aimed to identify which teaching strategy most favored the learning of Dental Radiology in a Brazilian University. A questionnaire containing seven questions concerning the teaching methods adopted in the discipline was distributed. Participated 85 students (average age 20.1 ± 1.4 years), the second half of 2014 and 2015. Of these, 16 males and 69 females. Data were tabulated and submitted to descriptive analysis in SPSS ™ 20.0. It was observed that the methods that have contributed most to student learning were fun activities (98.8%); practical class (89.4%); gymkhana organized by the monitors (69.4%); oral presentation of a scientific paper (62.4%); film on the topic of discipline (50.6%). Although the student-centered teacher be considered a failed model, the lecture, when shorter and dynamic, was considered an important tool for learning second 87.1% of the students. In addition, 98.8% said that the teacher's attitude makes a difference in the teaching-learning process. It was concluded that dynamic activities were the most favored learning. The use of creative strategies in the classroom is important in the educational process and shown to have been appreciated by the students.