As implicações do sono na aprendizagem escolar: um cenário favorável para a ergoterapia do sono por meio do aplicativo Dypnos

Abstract

The topic ‘sleep’ seems to be invisible to society, but it implies undisputed personal consequences, especially for adolescents’ learning. The following reasons validate the relevance of this research: it favors a field of discussion and reflection among teachers interested in improving adolescent students' learning and sleep quality; it highlights the importance of introducing the topic ‘Sleep Ergotherapy’ as a syllabus content for Middle School. This study aimed at understanding the implications of sleep on adolescents’ learning process, through the following actions: to verify if there is a relationship between sleep and school performance of Middle School adolescents; to find out if Integrated School make it possible to include the topic of sleep in Middle School classes; to identify teachers' knowledge under the topic of sleep; to develop a smartphone app under the topic Sleep Ergotherapy. The methodology applied was qualitative propositional in two distinct and complementary moments: at first, the research data were produced through the observation of pedagogical practices of Middle School teachers and adolescents at Escola Municipal Vida and through semi-structured interviews with six teachers; and in the second moment, an app on Sleep Ergotherapy was developed. As research results, the following were identified: the teachers' superficial description of the relationship between sleep and learning in adolescents; the influence of family and cell phone on adolescents' sleep and learning; getting enough sleep benefits learning more than psychostimulant medications; and the teachers' annoyances regarding the possibility of including Sleep Ergotherapy in the school syllabus. Therefore, sleeping is a basic physiological need in life that favors learning and lacks prominence in middle school syllabuses.