Abstract

MARTINS NETO, Rafael Izidoro  and  PEREIRA, Cláudio Alves. The teaching profession in focus: some factors that hinder joining the teaching career. Acta Educ. [online]. 2021, vol.43, e51436.  Epub Sep 01, 2021. ISSN 2178-5201.  https://doi.org/10.4025/actascieduc.v43i0.51436.

The present paper, seeking to identify evidence of the (de)valuation of the teaching career, surveyed third year High School students and collected data about the understanding that these young people had about the teaching career and their choices for the upcoming selection process. This research is justified by the fact that the official indexes of the School Census of Higher Education point to a progressive decrease in the number of recent high school graduates who choose to enrol in teaching degree courses in educational institutions, whether public or private. We interviewed students from two private and two public schools in the city of Bambuí, in Minas Gerais state's interior, with a total of seven classes and 128 students. To make this study possible, the researchers applied a questionnaire, and the data were analyzed using an exploratory qualitative approach. The results show that most of the young people interviewed do not find the teaching profession attractive and that this should not be their choice for studies in higher education. As evidence of this position, there are ideas related to the teaching profession, such as: poor working conditions, low remuneration, lack of social recognition, disrespect from students, among others, although these same young people recognize in the teaching activity the potential for social and political change.

Keywords : teaching; teaching career; social value of the teaching career.

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