Abstract

COSTA, Gilvan Luiz Machado  and  OLIVEIRA, Dalila Andrade. Trabalho docente no ensino médio no Brasil. Perspectiva [online]. 2011, vol.29, n.02, pp.727-750. ISSN 0102-5473.

This article aims to discuss who the secondary school teachers in Brazil are and under which conditions they do their job, based upon statistics available from official sources and literature review. According to these data, compared to early childhood and elementary education, secondary school teachers have a greater number of classes, students, work shifts and job posts. The article starts by characterizing the context of the educational reforms that Brazil has experienced in the last two decades. As a result, there was a significant quantitative expansion of enrollment in basic education, which has brought important consequences for the secondary school teachers. Teachers of the final stage of basic education do not have adequate working conditions and compensation for their high responsibilities. Poor working conditions and remuneration of teachers may result in a low attractiveness of the teaching career in Brazil.

Keywords : Teaching Work Conditions; Secondary School; Teacher.

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