Work and health of early childhood education teachers

Authors

  • Maria de Fátima Duarte Martins Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Tania Maria Araujo Professor Titular Pleno da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brasil. Núcleo de Epidemiologia
  • Jarbas Santos Vieira Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644428563

Keywords:

Teaching work, Health, Early childhood education

Abstract

The article presents partial results of a quantitative and qualitative study that investigated the relationship between the teaching work process and the health of all the preschool teachers of a medium-sized city in Rio Grande do Sul. In all, 196 teachers participated in the study. In this article, we present the results of the qualitative phase that, through a semi-structured interview, investigated the educational practices used by the teachers in their daily work. Based on the information that came from the interviews, seven categories were identified, namely: Vocational Management Action, Moralizing Discourse, Intensification, Identity, Gender Categorization and Medication Intake. To analyze the interviews we used the Bardin Content Analysis model. The results showed that teachers are developing their work in precarious conditions, low salaries, with bureaucratic requirements, adverse physical conditions and these factors may be leading to medicine intake and illnesses. As a relatively new type of work, studies that give visibility to this group are necessary in order to improve the teacher’s working conditions and avoid problems with their health.

Author Biographies

Maria de Fátima Duarte Martins, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul

Doutorado em Psicología Clínica pelo Universidad de Belgrano, Argentina(2002)
Professora Adjunta da Universidade Federal de Pelotas , Brasil

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Tania Maria Araujo, Professor Titular Pleno da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brasil. Núcleo de Epidemiologia

Departamento de Saúde da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa 2 | Orientador de Mestrado | Orientador de Doutorado

Professora do Núcleo de Epidemiologia da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana.

Jarbas Santos Vieira, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul

Professor da Universidade Federal de Pelotas , Brasil

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Published

2019-04-04

How to Cite

Martins, M. de F. D., Araujo, T. M., & Vieira, J. S. (2019). Work and health of early childhood education teachers. Education, 44, e36/ 1–22. https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644428563

Issue

Educação, v. 44, 2019 – Publicação contínua

Section

Continuous Demand

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