Sexuality and gender in teaching training: a brief analysis in the Biological Science, Physics and Chemistry courses

Abstract

Issues related to gender and sexuality accompany subjects from childhood to the end of their lives, confronting them, mainly, in educational environments. In this bias, working on them in initial teacher education becomes paramount. To this end, this article aims to analyze how the Licentiate Degree courses in Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Physics at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) are choosing to address the themes of sexuality and gender in their curricula. To achieve the objective, a documental analysis of the subjects presented in the Pedagogical Course Projects (PPC) and broken down in the Portal do Ementario was elaborated. As a result, it was identified, in the Biological Sciences and Chemistry courses, two compulsory subjects that cover the themes and, in Physics, only one optional subject. Thus, it is inferred that the themes in question are present in the three courses, but still with setbacks and little workload, thus having the need for a closer look at the expansion of space in the curriculum of undergraduate courses regarding these themes.