Perspectiva dos licenciandos em química do IFPI Teresina Campus Central em relação à carreira na educação básica

Abstract

The devaluation of the teaching career creates a series of problems that makes a significant impact in the discussion about education. The academic education of teachers on this context suffers influence, with consequences as accentuated evasion in Licentiate courses, the refusal of many Licentiate students to work in the Basic Education or even a wobbly academic education regarding a teaching career. The general objective of this study is to investigate the reasons why the Licentiate students have chosen to get a Licentiate degree in Chemistry. In a specific way, this academic paper aims to amount of those students who intend to work on the Basic Education. To that end, it was applied a mixed questionnaire to students of the 6th and 8th semester of the Licentiate course in Chemistry at IFPI, Campus Teresina Central. The data analysis revealed that the most of the Licentiate students have chosen the course for unrelated purposes to teaching practice. It also showed that only a minority of students are sure about acting on the Basic Education. However, it can be noticed that with specific attention and right strategies to make the students realize the importance of being a teacher, this situation tends to be minimized.