Impacto pandêmico no ambiente de trabalho e vida docente feminina

Abstract

The aim was to understand the main changes in the work environment and teaching life in the context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Study with a qualitative approach, developed in a higher education institution located in the northwest of Paraná, with women belonging to the faculty of undergraduate courses in health and biological sciences. Data collection was carried out through intensive interviews until theoretical saturation, with the aid of virtual tools, use of MaxqdaPlus software version 2020 and through Bardin's content analysis, the results were verified through the elaboration of a word cloud and subsequent emergence of categories. With a total of 20 people interviewed, it was evident that the work routine and its needs for acquisitions and adaptations in the female context sometimes affected relationships, psychology and productivity. However, it was evident that positive aspects were obtained from technologies, acquisition of skills and abilities, and lower risk and locomotive expense. The pandemic led to changes in work conformity, in the teacher-student relationship, and the need to adapt, sometimes causing discouragement and insecurity. However, the need for in-depth research on the teaching psychology in the post-pandemic period is revealed.