Abstract:
Defining and comprehending the act of being a teacher is what motivates this
research which approaches different aspects of their own social reversal: their work
environment; their professional value; their teaching competence; their socio-political
and pedagogical involvement; their physical and mental welfare and, consequently,
their self-esteem and personal accomplishment. Based on this direct observation, as
a manager of a public school for nine years, we refer to a group of teachers who work
with Elementary Education at this same school, confronting the hypotheses we had
with a substantial bibliographic theory from diverse authors. The most important
finding was the interference of gender among male and female teachers that is
clearly present in the occult curriculum of the school, determining the differences and
personal and teaching behaviors. These peculiarities, empirically and scientifically
proved, become very important so that the school managing group can better deal
with these professionals and they can get to know themselves deeper and accept the
differences between themselves and the other colleagues. Another important
approach in this research is the stress which reaches a great number of teachers
who undefended and without knowing the cause become victims of this pathology
that sometimes makes them abandon their profession or work until the end of it
without liveliness, without excitement, feeling extremely unhappy. In order to reach
this analysis concerning the teachers personal and professional life, we laid
emphasis on the current historical and social moment, its paradigms and its reflexes
in the life of each individual. We also approached the contextualization of the school
in society, discoursing with a greater emphasis, the state school of Rio Grande do
Sul, with the demands and outrages, acting directly or indirectly in the teaching
subjectivity.
