CONTRIBUTIONS OF BRAZILIAN PROJECT PIBID TO PRE-SERVICE CHEMISTRY TEACHERS’ EDUCATION IN LOCO

Abstract

Through initiatives of the Brazilian government, graduate students are taking the opportunity to experience in practice the challenges of being a teacher, as well as helping to improve education in public schools. One such initiative is the program PIBID (Scholarship Program of Initiation to Teaching) which addresses the relationship between school and university favors the exchange of experiences. The PIBID covers various degree courses in various federal and state universities in Brazil. This paper will cover the contributions of chemistry subproject PIBID USP (University of São Paulo) for pre-service chemistry teachers’ students for competent use of visual tools in teaching chemistry. To analysis responses were used questionnaires and interviews with pre-service teachers participating in the PIBID the second half of 2012. With the results can be seen project participants the interest of the program, which shows the importance of learning to teach chemistry so that students can view the content. Furthermore, it was noticeable that the PIBID changed the outlook of the project participating as a teaching career because they were able to experience other forms of action, re-thinking about the traditional method of teaching. According to the interviews, scholars still stress the importance of filling gaps in PIBID of pre-service teacher training programs, facilitating access to schools and preparing them to act professionally with a more concise theoretical baggage. Keywords: PIBID; Teacher Education; Teaching Practice