Ethnography of communication in nursing education: methodological perspective

This review article and theoretical analysis is derived from multicentric research "Disciplinary knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and situated learning: genesis and mutual influences on university education", developed with Faculties of Health Sciences and Education in Universities of Spain, Brazil, Colombia and Chile. It aims to deepen the epistemological, theoretical and methodological perspective of the study as an innovative route in qualitative research, therefore, the epistemological foundations of Symbolic Interactionism are presented, which is based on the understanding of society through communication and allows to give meaning to human processes, such as the dialogical processes between teachers and students, analyzing the repercussions that it has on their learning. The theoretical perspective of the Ethnography of Communication that focuses on the analysis of the sociolinguistic patterns with which people interact, being a priority to know the meaning of verbal and non-verbal communication in this situation; and the microethnographic methodological perspective that achieves an understanding of the verbal and social interactions between teachers and students, through non-participant observations and “Think aloud” interviews