Os sentidos produzidos nas práticas dos professores na escola pública – Montes Claros - MG

Abstract

The teacher's perspective is essential for understanding the reality of the Brazilian schools. The teacher is a fundamental part of the school environment and studies on teaching are increasingly frequent in research in education. This work proposes that we think the daily life experienced by teachers in the present time, based on propositions about the change of the social function of the profession. The bibliographical research points to a subjectivity, which is in crisis facing of changes in contemporary society. Therefore, the field research was essential in order to understand the subjective dimension of teachers. With emphasis on the qualitative methodology, data about teachers' perception of their knowledge, their reality and social function was collected by focus group. Emerged as markers of this reality the teaching role’s crisis, the presence of violence in its various forms in daily school life and the teacher’s illness. Thereby, it was possible to understand the malaise experienced by the teachers from deepening in the circumstances which jeopardize the work, the insecurity of teachers and its influence on their subjectivity, the feelings of apathy, inertia and disenchantment with the educational action, the difficulty of redefining the teaching roleand the reaction to the new school contexts.