Representações sociais sobre o trabalho do professor de educação infantil : um estudo com professores de crianças de 4 a 5 anos da rede municipal de educaçlão de Maceió

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify the social representations of teachers of pre-school municipal Maceió education on the work of professor of early childhood education, subsidized by the Social Representations Theory for the generation, analysis and interpretation of data. 119 teachers participated in this study who at the time worked with children 4-5 years of age in early childhood institutions in municipal education. To achieve the proposed objectives were used in data collection two techniques: the technique of free association of words with carry words: DAYCARE, PRESCHOOL, CHILD and PROFESSOR; and a questionnaire with semi-structured, open and closed, relating to aspects of the daily work of teachers and training issues, as well as the socio-economic profile of the subjects. The answers to the questions of Free Association were processed using the EVOC software, and other questions in the survey were processed using the SPSS (closed questions) and Alceste (open questions) software order to understand the dynamics of social representations of the subjects involved . The results of the questions of free association of words indicate that the constituents of the social representation of the subjects are in line with the historical aspects built around the nursery and preschool, confirming playback split between care and education. The image of the child is often decontextualized within a romantic vision based on becoming. The teacher is not fully constituted as a professor of early childhood education, but gives evidence of a generic teacher without specific contours often diluted in a variety of assignments. The analysis of the questionnaire data-letter points out that the social representation of subjects around the teacher's work part of a relationship that privileges the personal and emotional aspects of the job without so much emphasis on the formal aspects of the teaching profession. Feels very motivated and satisfied with their work mainly by emotional feeling with the profession and with children, feels accomplished to see children learn and be able to contribute in some way to their lives. The representations of these subjects indicate the influence of the reified universe in his speeches, but does not include comprehensively the knowledge of the area in their practices.