Nos últimos anos, o olhar de educadores/pesquisadores brasileiros tem se voltado para a formação didática do professor de Ensino Superior. Seguindo esta tendência, investigamos a percepção dos estudantes do Programa de Pós-graduação em Química da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais sobre a preparação para a docência, tanto no que vivenciam no curso como no que consideram importante como preparação para a docência no Ensino Superior. Percebemos que os estudantes sentem e expressam a necessidade da formação docente, mesmo com interesses nem sempre convergentes com uma boa preparação didático-pedagógica. As iniciativas oferecidas no programa em questão, a partir da última década, vêm ao encontro das necessidades descritas pelos pesquisados, mas precisam ser ampliadas, num processo amplamente reflexivo.

The didactic training in higher education of Brazilian teachers' has received more attention in recent years. Therefore, we investigate students' perceptions from the Post-graduate Degree Program in Chemistry at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Thus, we recognize that these students don't feel prepared and express their need for a didactic training, as they are without any pedagogical preparation. The initiatives offered in the program in question, in the last decade, recognize the students' needs, but they have to be extended into a reflective process.

The Copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC), often referred to as "click" reaction, has become a very popular reaction in the last years. It affords exclusively 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles and has been widely used to connect readily accessible building blocks containing various functional groups. The great success of this reaction is based on the fact that it is general, virtually quantitative and very robuste. The scope of this copper-catalyzed synthesis is extraordinary and the reaction has found numerous applications in many research fields, including biological chemistry and materials science. In this review, the main chemical aspects and applications of the "click" reaction in the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles are presented.

Fullerene chemistry has become a very active research field in the two last decades, largely because of the exceptional properties of the C60 molecule and the variety of fullerene derivatives that appear to be possible. In this review, a general analysis of fullerene C60 reactivity is performed. The principal methods for the covalent modification of this fascinating carbon cage are presented. The prospects of using fullerene derivatives as medicinal drugs and photoactive materials in light converting devices are demonstrated.