Chemistry education in Brazil. Historiographical interference in the academic profile of teachers who teach chemistry in the city of Valença/BA

Abstract

This paper presents a brief historical study of the difficulty of introducing chemistry at school. To this study, we understand the problem that is the difficulty with qualified teachers for Chemistry discipline in Basic Education, which makes demands aiming at the quality of teacher formation. If taking this as a basis, it is aimed to make a survey on the profile of teachers who teach chemistry discipline in the public schools in the city of Valencia-BA, investigating their formation and the methodologies used in the classroom; also it intended to investigate the influence and development of teaching activities and possible effects on the teaching/learning process related to this discipline, in high schools, caused by the possible lack of qualified teachers in Chemistry. It’s possible check a wide disparity in the formation and action of these teachers, where was found a small number of teachers who have graduation in the specific area, which can directly affect the development of teaching/learning process. It appears that the profile of the surveyed teachers is far from the real desired and necessary for a successful development of teaching and learning in chemistry.