Representations of work in Day Care Center by Teachers and Agents of Child Education: a tensions field

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to investigate the representations of agents and teachers of Child Education at Rio de Janeiro about the work, under perspective of Social Representation Theory and approach the (auto)biographical.  The search in progress is being accomplish with four persons, two agents and two teachers. To the data collect the interviews/conversations were the choice and the induction of metaphors was constituted in a relevant instrument as possibility of achieving to the social representation nucleus. The interviews/conversations were analyzed by Analysis of Content.  The results of interview reveled that, among agents, there are claims which do the same work that teachers.  Teachers reinforce the pedagogical intentionality of their work, mentioning child development, which does not characterize the work of the agents, causing tensions between these two groups.  he interviews revealed that the life experiences of the subjects are fundamental for the understanding of the representations that elaborate on their work.