Relações entre gênero e geração na educação infantil: representações de professoras

Abstract

This study discussed the thematic of gender and generation in the childhood education stage and its possible consequences when it comes to the representation of teachers. It is used as base of this research the qualitative perspective supported by gender studies of poststructuralist inclination. The general objective was to problematize how the representation of women can affect the construction of what it means to be a teacher in the childhood education system, investigating teachers, support teachers and undergraduates of two institutions in the city of Uberlândia - MG, one of which is a municipal school, and the other a higher education institution (university). The study included 19 public workers in between childhood education teachers and support teachers from the municipal school, and 7 Pedagogy undergraduate students. The methodology used was field research with the application of questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, which were later analyzed inspired according to the methodological technique of content analysis