Educação física e precarização: uma análise do trabalho docente a partir da década de 1990

Abstract

This research is about the precarization of work of the Physical Education (PE) teacher in the context of changing world of work in contemporary capitalist society. Therefore, we initiated the study making an argument about the ontological dimension of work and in which way this it is hegemonically organized in capitalist society. We have pointed out that the work has changed its morphology in recent decades but still occupies a central place among the events of the life in society. We have indicated historical relations between work and education, as well as major changes in educational politics that happened in the 1990s in Brazil. We conclude that these reforms emphasize features such as marketing productivity and competitiveness and were influenced by international organizations that represent the capitalists interests. We present elements of the constitution of the teaching profession and professional training in PE. We analyze the proletarianization process of the teacher and concluded that the teacher's work is in frank precarization. We performed interviews with five PE teachers from public schools to collect data from the concrete reality of these workers in front of context of changes in the working world. We analyze the empirical data seeking the idea of totality, and we have concluded that the PE teachers have difficulty in understand the general changes in the working world. Furthermore, they are socially devalued, are facing precarious material working conditions and several challenges in their pursuit for qualification. We conclude finally that the precarious conditions in that the teaching work develops in capitalist society is result of artificial limits imposed by the bourgeoisie and we pointed the need of collective organization of teachers as a form of defending the interests of the public education and to seek better working conditions .