Contribuições do curso de licenciatura em química noturno da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora para o desenvolvimento da identidade docente

Abstract

With the reformulations of teaching in Basic Education and, consequently, in the initial teacher training courses, it becomes necessary to understand and reflect on the construction of the teaching identity, since it is directly related to the work to be developed by teachers in schools. The Degree in Night Chemistry of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora can be an important space for the development of this identity. Thus, this research sought to identify and analyze the possible contributions of this course to the development of teaching identity. For that, we analyzed the Pedagogical Project of the Course and the documents prepared by the Ministry of Education that were used for its elaboration, besides the menus of the disciplines of the Chemical Education area, present the curricular flow of the referred Degree. This analysis was necessary to identify, in the records, indications of aspects that may help in the construction of the teaching identity, considering that during the training, the student knows and acquires the basis of the profession. To complete the data, we conducted semi-structured interviews with undergraduates, who were close to completing the Degree in Chemistry and with teachers in the area of Chemical Education. They were recorded on audio and transcribed. The data, when interpreted through Content Analysis, showed that the Degree in Night Chemistry provides spaces for reflection and restructuring of previous conceptions about teaching acquired during the process of schooling in Basic Education; to know the school reality, even as a future teacher; besides discussing and understanding the process of teaching and learning chemistry. These learnings from the profession were made possible through participation in the disciplines of the area of Chemistry Education and the Institutional Program of Initiation to Teaching. Thus, we emphasize the importance of the Night Chemistry Degree course and projects, aimed at the initiation to teaching, during the initial formation of teachers, since they contribute to the constitution of the teaching identity, therefore, in the development of pedagogical practices. they can ensure a quality teaching and learning process.