UMA NOVA POSTURA DO EDUCADOR DIANTE DA APRENDIZAGEM: METODOLOGIAS ATIVAS PARA A FORMAÇÃO DO PSICÓLOGO

This study examines the transformation of pedagogical practices in the Psychology Course, emphasizing the educator in promoting meaningful learning and the integral development of students. Based on a theoretical analysis – an excerpt from a doctoral thesis grounded in renowned authors – the objective is to discuss the implementation of Active Methodologies as a strategy to foster autonomy, critical thinking, and essential competencies for professional training. In this way, this bibliographic research addresses formative assessment as a process integrated into educational practice, transcending the classificatory function and guiding the integral development of students. This text discusses, among other things, the theory of meaningful learning; active methodologies as a pedagogical strategy, concluding that the combination of the educator's reflective stance, the adoption of active methodologies, and the implementation of formative assessment constitute fundamental elements for raising the standard of teaching and training qualified, critical, and reflective professionals. Therefore, it concludes that the combination of the educator's reflective stance, the adoption of active methodologies, and the implementation of formative assessment constitute fundamental elements for the training of critical and reflective professionals, prepared to face practical challenges and contribute to social transformation.