The choice of the teaching career in Physics: tensions and challenges

Authors

  • Marta Fernandes Garcia Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo
  • Maria Cláudia Silva Batista Graduating Physics Student, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo, Campus Registro
  • Dirceu da Silva Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7941.2018v35n1p42

Abstract

This article analyzes aspects related to the choice of teaching Physics as a career by students of a Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of São Paulo. For the data collection, 4 questionnaires were applied to (1) outline the profile of the students; (2) understand the reasons and influences in the choice of the Licentiate degree in Physics; (3) analyze the main events in their school trajectory that contributed to this choice and (4) identify, in their perspective of the students, the training experiences that awakened / increased the desire for a teaching career in Physics. The outcomes reveal that proximity to the student's home and the lack of free degrees in the region, among other factors, are strongly related to the choice of their careers. Less than half of the students indicated that they chose the program due to identification with Physics and due to their desire to teach. Moreover, a little more than half of the students stated they received some type of influence in the choice of the course and intend to teach after graduating.

Author Biographies

Marta Fernandes Garcia, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo

Professora do Instituto Federal de São Paulo – IFSP, campus Cubatão. Doutoranda em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Pesquisadora do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação Superior – GEPES/UNICAMP.

Maria Cláudia Silva Batista, Graduating Physics Student, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo, Campus Registro

Graduanda do curso de Licenciatura em Física pelo Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo – IFSP, campus Registro. Bolsista de iniciação científica – PIBIFSP/2016.

Dirceu da Silva, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Doutor em Educação pela Universidade de São Paulo. Professor da Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Estadual de Campinas.

Published

2018-04-25

How to Cite

Garcia, M. F., Batista, M. C. S., & Silva, D. da. (2018). The choice of the teaching career in Physics: tensions and challenges. Caderno Brasileiro De Ensino De Física, 35(1), 42–63. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7941.2018v35n1p42

Issue

Section

Pesquisa em Ensino de Física