Saúde mental do professor na pandemia: um olhar para o profissional da educação infantil

Abstract

This paper addresses the theme, "Teacher's mental health in the pandemic: a look at the Early Childhood Education professional", with the aim of investigating factors that contribute to the malaise of teachers who work at this level of education, in the scenario pandemic and also explore possible suggestions for preventing their mental health. Therefore, the aforementioned investigation sought an answer to the problem "What factors can contribute to the mental illness of Kindergarten teachers during the new coronavirus pandemic and what are the possible suggestions for interventions to improve the mental health of this professional? "The described investigation, of an applied nature, qualitative in terms of approach, exploratory in relation to its objectives, in the field modality, was developed through the case study methodology (GIL, 2008) with application of semi-structured interviews to four teachers who work in the Early Childhood Education of the school-field of investigation and to the principal of that school. The collected data were analyzed through discursive textual analysis (MORAES, 2003) as a way to analyze the content of the speeches, allowing the free expression of the participants, in order to build answers to the research problem. The studies were based on theoretical contributions, including Souza and Leite (2011), Souza, Santos and Almeida (2016), Ferreira (2016), Kawamura (2015), Jesus (2004), among others. The research enabled a broad understanding of the theme in focus and, as a result, it is possible to state that the health of the kindergarten teacher is configured as an essential aspect, since this is responsible for the first stage of the child's development. Still, Early Childhood Education is permeated in its historical context by a great fragility and devaluation, but the demands of professionals working at this level have progressively expanded, causing several consequences in the context of teacher malaise, which were intensified with the pandemic scenario. In this sense, it is important to pay close attention to promoting the health of professionals who work at this level of education, to improve their mental health and improve the qualification of teaching and learning processes, as a commitment of the school as a whole. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]