Reflexões sobre os cursos de Licenciatura em Química do Rio Grande do Sul: elementos do Enade de 2011

Resumo: Muitas pesquisas contemporâneas tem apontado os problemas dos Cursos de Licenciatura em Quimica, principalmente aqueles ocasionados pelo desequilibrio na articulacao entre os componentes teoricos e os componentes praticos das estruturas curriculares dos cursos. Neste trabalho, realizamos um movimento exploratorio de pesquisa sobre os dados do Exame Nacional de Desempenho de Estudantes de 2011, centrado na analise documental, que buscou caracterizar o perfil geral dos Cursos de Licenciatura em Quimica no Rio Grande do Sul. As evidencias mostraram que os estudantes sao majoritariamente oriundos de escolas publicas, tendo renda familiar de ate 3 salarios minimos. Os extratos analiticos tambem revelaram que, apesar de a maior parte dos cursos ter obtido conceitos satisfatorios no exame, houve criticas dos estudantes dirigidas a falta de integracao entre as disciplinas presentes nas estruturas curriculares e a fragilidade da preparacao profissional, decorrente dessa caracteristica. Palavras-chave: Formacao docente. ENADE. Curriculo. Educacao em Quimica. REFLECTIONS ON THE CHEMISTRY TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL: THE ELEMENTS OF ENADE 2011 Abstract: Many contemporary researches have pointed to the problems tied to Chemistry Teacher Training Programs, particularly those caused by the imbalance in the relationship between the theoretical and practical components in their curriculum framework. In this paper, we propose exploratory research on data from the National Survey of Student Performance 2011, focused on documentary analysis, which aimed to characterize the general profile of the Chemistry Teacher Training Programs in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Results showed that students are mostly from public schools, with family income up to 3 minimum wages. Analytic extracts also revealed that although most of the programs have obtained satisfactory scores in that exam, there was criticism directed by students to the lack of integration between disciplines presented in the curriculum frameworks and the weakness of professional preparation which arises from this feature. Keywords: Teacher training. ENADE. Curriculum. Chemistry education.