A formação do quimico

Quim. Nova, Vol. 27, No. 2, 358-362, 2004

Assuntos Gerais

A FORMAÇÃO DO QUÍMICO Jailson B. de Andrade* Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus Univ. Ondina, 40170-290 Salvador - BA Solange Cadore Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6154, 13084-971 Campinas - SP Paulo Cezar Vieira Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, CP 676, 13565-905 São Carlos - SP César Zucco Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, CP 476, 88040-900 Florianópolis - SC Angelo C. Pinto Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CT, Bloco A, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, 21949-900 Rio de Janeiro - RJ

THE CHEMIST’S EDUCATION. Training of highly qualified personnel is the most transversal axis among those identified in the document “Mobilizing Axes in Chemistry”, published by SBQ, in 2002, which demands to deep the discussions, initiated in the symposium “The Chemist’s Education”, whose main objective was to discuss the repercussions of that training in the teaching and in the industrial section. After the publication of an initial paper, a couple of meetings and workshops held in Rio de Janeiro, in December 2003, involving the national chemist community, discussed the “The role of the graduate degrees in the Chemist’s Education” and “The Chemist’s Education”, and confirmed the need to invest in the formation of qualified human resources in profusion and in all levels. Actions to be taken were delineated. Presently, the graduate programs in Chemistry are showing expressive results. However, although these professionals are mostly absorbed by the academy (the absorption of the industry is less significant), only a few programs give special attention to the didactical and pedagogical training. The regional decentralization is actually a tendency in most programs, but the interaction academy-economic activities is still a challenge. It is necessary to establish with the