Abstract
This study investigated how the curriculum of Psychology courses have approached topics related to gender, race and ethnicity, considering that such elements go through the constitution of subjects and their social relations. It is a documentary research based on the analysis of the Psychology Courses Pedagogical Projects (PPCs) in Brazil, available in the public domain. The sample consisted of PPCs that contained keywords related to gender and ethnic/racial studies. Thus, twenty-one curricula were analyzed with help of Iramuteq, using textual components including disciplines, syllabuses and references, rendering five analytical perspectives: Biology, Social Psychology, Anthropological Studies, Sociological Studies and Intersectional Studies. We observed the plurality of theoretical-epistemological perspectives that ground both gender and ethnic-racial studies, placing them in an interdisciplinary space with more emphasis on studies guided by Social Psychology, Anthropology and Sociology. The deterministic debate about gender, race and ethnicity, focused on individual differences, has been supplanted in the curricula, as well as the intersectional perspective, found in optional disciplines, which has not had much expression either. Lastly, we point out that there are still big gaps in formative processes regarding the discussions on gender and, particularly, about ethnic/racial relations, revealing a great challenge for Psychology in the current scenario.
Keywords:
Training in Psychology; Gender; Racial and Ethnic Relations
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