A docência e seus (des)prazeres no contexto da educação infantil.

Abstract

Over the years, due to its historical context, the teaching profession, within the scope of early childhood education, has faced challenges in an attempt to establish its educational social value. Thus, the present study has the general objective of identifying and analyzing the production processes of health and illness in the exercise of the teaching profession in early childhood education from the perspective of the teachers. And as specific objectives to describe the understanding about the mental health production processes experienced by early childhood education teachers in the school environment; characterize the suffering experienced based on elements listed in the teachers' narratives and point out the reflection of the mental exhaustion of these teachers with the expansion of work processes in the context of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The methodological perspective that underlies this research was exploratory with a qualitative nature, with an approach method focused on the analysis of the senses from Spink's theoretical-methodological perspective. As an intervention proposal, focus group meetings were held in August and September 2022, with the participation of 30 teachers, currently working in the six municipal Early Childhood Education Centers where the meetings took place. The narrative of the research participants, denote ambivalence in relation to the issues that generate pleasure and displeasure in the exercise of teaching in early childhood education, the need for professional recognition and appreciation and better working conditions. Thus, it is evident that there is a need for public policies aimed at improving the teaching profession in early childhood education, as health and education are preponderant conditions for human and social development. From the meetings of the focus groups, the technical product is presented as a result of this study: Teaching work in the context of early childhood education and mental health, an electronic booklet that presents information that makes it possible to generate reflections on work and health of the teaching worker in education childish.