Universidade e gênero: um processo histórico em construção: uma análise a partir dos cursos de licenciatura da Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Abstract

Considering the importance of broadening the debate on gender issues, this paper aims to identify the spaces reserved for discussion and gender studies at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), especially in teacher training courses. Thus, it was investigated how the insertion of the discussions on gender occurs in the educational context of a public university. The main objective of the study is to identify spaces created in higher education for the debate on gender issues and the status of women in society. The methodological procedures consisted of documentary researches and also the collection of institutional documents that deal with teaching, research and university extension. The research revealed many possibilities and results, among which, although we are experiencing a context of important social and historical change around the discussion of gender in the academic environment, there is a selective presence of the theme, supported by a still insufficient production.