Abstract:
We start from the hypothesis that physics learning in high school in Brazil is well below that of current science and technology and that teachers are dissatisfied with their everyday practice. To defend the thesis that it is necessary break with the current teacher's work structure if we desire an autonomous, critical and democratic scientific training we study the teaching work in the logic of contemporary capitalism and how physics and research in physics education have been constructed. We applied a questionnaire to mid-level physics teachers from public schools in São Paulo and conclude that the reality of their work prevents them from preparing their lessons better in order to make physics alive, as they want to. They stay with their expository classes, teaching classical physics in the traditional way, demonstrating the need for urgent changes.
Keywords:
Teaching work; Physics teaching; High school; Teacher training; Public school