Abstract
Abstract Teachers, among others, are responsible for improving the quality of education. In order to understand the teacher's professional role within the context of contemporary society, one must analyze the impacts of political, economic, social and cultural problems on education. The present study's objective is to identify and discuss the social representations made by students' parents/guardians in relation to being a teacher nowadays. The study enjoyed the participation of 181 parents/guardians of elementary school students from the city of Mossoro/RN. They responded to the TALP after being presented with the stimulus phrase being a teacher today. Prototypical analysis (EVOC), analysis of similarity (IRAMUTEQ) and thematic analysis of content were performed. The terms most frequently evoked were patience, educator, love, and teach. The parents/guardians' social representations have a multidimensional character that is structured into two main: one involving an image of the teacher that is rooted in the notion of a vocation; and the other, in the professional as an educator. The thematic analysis also indicated a representation of teachers that is related to a work context involved challenges, precarious working conditions, social disfavor and violence. One thus observes a twofold representation of the teacher, as an individual with a vocation and as a professional, an employee of the educational system, a fact that could be related to the low attractiveness of a career in teaching.
Highlights
Teachers, among others, are responsible for improving the quality of education
The central nucleus encompasses the terms patience (78), educator (66), love (53), teach (44), dedication (29), respect (25) and professional (18), which are located in the upper left quadrant for having been considered more important (AOE < 2.5) and more frequently remembered by a larger number of participants (f > 17)
Our results indicate the following factors as likely elements of the central nucleus of the participants’ social representations of the teacher: having patience, being an educator, having love, and teaching
Summary
Among others, are responsible for improving the quality of education. In order to understand the teacher’s professional role within the context of contemporary society, one must analyze the impacts of political, economic, social and cultural problems on education. The study enjoyed the participation of 181 parents/guardians of elementary school students from the city of Mossoró/RN They responded to the TALP after being presented with the stimulus phrase being a teacher today. The parents/guardians’ social representations have a multidimensional character that is structured into two main: one involving an image of the teacher that is rooted in the notion of a vocation; and the other, in the professional as an educator. El objetivo de esta investigación es identificar y discutir la representación social de los padres/tutores de los estudiantes acerca de ser maestro hoy en día. La representación social de los padres/tutores de los alumnos tiene un carácter multidimensional, que se estructura en dos ejes: una imagen arraigada la noción de la vocación; y otra en el profesional como educador. Due to the complexity and specificity of the teaching profession, the desire to be and to continue to be a teacher is affected (Mendes, Baccon, Ferreira, & Rosso, 2015)
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