By means of document analysis, the present study traces the historical development of Physics teacher's training courses and their legal aspects in Brazil. It starts with Colonial Brazil, when institutions of superior studies were almost none and legislation for teachers' licensing did not exist, and ends with present times, which are characterized by a great number of laws that regulate and standardize the undergraduate Physics teachers' training courses. At the end of the study, a table shows an integrated synthesis of this legislation, from Decree n° 1.190/39, the first legal structure that set the basis for the training of Physics teachers, to Decree n° 5.622/05, which regulates how the government shall encourage the development and the unfolding of electronic education programs for all levels and subjects.
history of education; teachers' training; physics teachers' training courses
