GÊNERO E SEXUALIDADE NA EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA E NA FORMAÇÃO DE PROFESSORES: LIMITES E POSSIBILIDADES.

From the theoretical perspective of Cultural Studies and Gender Studies, the paper aims to analyze and discuss the ways in which gender and sexuality issues have been addressed in basic education and teacher training courses. We analyzed some situations experienced by the authors during the research: an in-person meeting with groups of 5th year of a public school in Rio Grande do Sul, for clarification and discussion of questions related to gender and sexuality; interviews with the teachers in these classes; participation in a committee of the Programa Nacional do LivroDidático focused on the analysis of textbooks used in Brazilian schools and, finally, some activities related to teacher training in higher education. In conclusion, the Basic School, the ways of living / explore the body and sexuality worked within the school are still linked to biological and health issues. In general, teachers tend to rely on these approaches more "scientific" which, in a way, restrict the issue of sexuality to reproduction and reiterate heteronormativity. There are small advances with respect to issues of gender and sexuality in the textbooks analyzed, but there are also some setbacks that contribute to the perpetuation of prejudice and exclusion situations. When asked to think about such issues and to critically analyze how some materials traditionally used in classrooms of basic education build certain sexualized and gendered representations, student in training find it very difficult. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]