Abstract

MACHADO, Laêda Bezerra  and  SILVA, Mayara Corrêa da. THE TEACHING PROFESSION IN THE SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF TEACHERS INITIATIVES OF MIDDLE SCHOOL. Rev. Exitus [online]. 2020, vol.10, e020025.  Epub Mar 28, 2022. ISSN 2237-9460.  https://doi.org/10.24065/2237-9460.2020v10n0id1249.

This article identifies the social representations of being a teacher built by high school teachers early in their careers. We adopt as reference the societal approach of social representations. The text results from a qualitative research that involved 15 professors from public institutions of Recife-PE. We use as a data collection instrument the semi-structured interview. The material collected was analyzed with the help of Alceste software. The representations of being a teacher of high school teachers emphasize the importance of the service provided by this professional to society. The statements, organized into classes, suggest social representations centered on the capacity to mediate knowledge and the possibility of social transformation. However, such representations are marked by the feeling of devaluation. The beginners in teaching reiterate that different elements of precariousness affect the being teacher today, such as low social prestige of the profession, bad remuneration, constant demands by the systems, indiscipline and disinterest of the students. In addition to detecting the scenario of the devaluation of high school teachers and their influences on the practices of beginning teachers, we suggest the implementation of public policies that welcome and offer greater support to the high school teacher at the beginning of the career that works in the public school.

Keywords : Teacher; High school; Social representations; Beginner.

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