Professors’ perception regarding the seminars’ usage as a teaching strategy in the physiotherapy course

There are numerous teaching strategies that may be used by professors in the classroom with the goal to stimulate the learning process, the seminar is highlighted because it is a methodology commonly used by the professors. The main goal of the current paperis to comprehend the professor perceptions regarding the seminars’ usage as a teaching tool. It is astudy of descriptive and exploratory character with a qualitative approach. The participants of the research were professors of a private higher education institution, situated in the city of Vitória da Conquista - Bahia. The sample was comprised by professors of the Physiotherapy course who agreed to participate in the research, there were deleted from the research the ones who did not filled the questionnaire or gave up in participating of the research. Data collection was carried out through a questionnaire that characterized the professors’ sociodemographic and occupational profile, besides guiding the questions regarding the seminars’ as a teaching strategy in the classroom. Data analysis was done with Bardin’s content analysis. The data collected displayed that the seminar’s usageconcerning the professors’ perception in spite of having some negative aspects such as the lack of motivation or shy students; it is taken as an important teaching strategy in the learning process, which allows the knowledge’s construction in a dynamic and participative manner.