Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the use of active methodologies as a teaching strategy in undergraduate courses in Nutrition of Belém-PA. Method: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative descriptive study with the application of a questionnaire to 32 professors from three undergraduate courses in Nutrition of public and private institutions in Belém-PA. The software BioEstat version 5.3 was used, and the G and Chi-square tests were applied to verify the degree of dependence between the variables, with significance level of 0.05. Results: A total of 32 female and male teachers, with more than 5 years of teaching experience and master's degree, participated. 90.7% of teachers adopted as a teaching strategy the traditional method of expository classes with partial use of active methodology; although they said they would like to use active methodologies, 68.8% stated that they adopt the mixed methodological method, considering that they are innovative (60%) and that they can practice content (96.9%). 93.7% of teachers stated that they were aware of the active teaching methods and were motivated to diversify the methodological form used. However, they feel partially prepared (78.1%) to apply the active methodology as a single method of teaching. Conclusion: It is necessary to increase the capacity of teachers to apply the active methods of teaching, through the search of the professional, also the foundation of Higher education institutions - HEIs.