A STUDY ON COURSES IN NATURAL SCIENCES IN BRAZIL

ABSTRACT: In this article, we discuss the academic training of science teachers intending to work in middle school. We believe that the teacher who teaches at this level should have an exclusive training, as students from the 6th to the 9th grades have specific pedagogical needs and the curriculum of Natural Sciences practiced in schools is far from the reality experienced in high schools, because it is based on the dialogues between disciplinary knowledge structuring the areas of Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geology, and Astronomy. From this perspective, we analyze curricular matrices of Full Degree courses in Natural Sciences. We take into account the disciplinary areas contemplated, the formative axes and the diverse contexts of creation of these courses. The research on the training provided by these courses allowed us to draw points that differentiate and characterize this type of professional development.