Between the training of chemical educators and life stories

parallels in the trajectory of teacher training

Abstract

The encounter with the teaching profession happens along the journey as a student. The paths that follow are very peculiar to the experiences of each teacher, as they are intertwined with the choices and events of life stories. The objective of this work was to correlate events in the life trajectory of a student and, later, of a teacher, with the scenario described in the literature on the characteristics of Chemistry teaching and teacher training. This autobiographical, descriptive, qualitative study was the result of a record of the author's master's dissertation. To this end, the events were experienced by stages of life, from student experiences, passing through training during graduation, post-graduation and as teaching activities. Throughout the text, there were similarities between the situations described and elements observed by authors who deal with the training of Chemistry teachers. In addition, the analyzed elements showed resistance to changes in the scenario of teacher education over the years, a factor that influences the maintenance of the vicious circle of deficiencies in teacher education and, consequently, in student learning. It is concluded that the sharing of experiences through autobiographical studies contributes to reflections on the scenario of training Chemistry teachers, as well as to facilitate the identification of other teachers, who perhaps have experienced something similar.