Tornar-se Professor: a formação desenvolvida nos cursos de Física, Matemática e Química da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia ; Becoming a Teacher: training courses developed in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry, Federal University of Uberlandia

This current study discusses the teacher education program developed at Federal University of Uberlândia, based on the analysis of three undergraduate courses: Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry. The purposed aims were: to point out and to analyze the main difficulties encountered throughout the teacher education program by the students; to identify the teaching knowledge produced in these courses, assimilated and used in a daily practice routine by the undergraduate students for their internship; to comprehend whether the specific contents, in the way they are worked, may lead to a pedagogical transposition; identify the predominant teaching practice in the courses that the most contribute for the development of a professional identity of the undergraduate students. We have had the institution and courses records, also the legal documentation, as references to analyze the scientific production in the field. A significant part of the data was obtained with the courses coordinators and professors who have been interviewed and focus groups formed by students. The analysis points out mainly to a solid teaching program of the specific content area in the courses which emphasize the subject content domain; however no unfolding attention regards to the teacher education program. This fact is a clear evidence of how far apart the academic knowledge is from the school knowledge. The features of the teaching education program rely on professional knowledge which is worked in a way that may lead to a professional identity development. The teaching procedures, gestures and relations established between the professors and undergraduate students have great relevance in the learning process of a profession, moreover, by the environment character of how the teaching education program occurs. The main teaching education practices highlighted by the undergraduate students are related to activities which are developed in groups when students and professors act as interlocutors. Furthermore, other activities stand out, such as: ...