The contributions of educational psychology

ISBN-13: 9786206297338 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str.

Cesar Ferreira Silva; Nariel Magalhães

Opis

This book aims to understand the phenomena about Mental Health and Work of Early Childhood Education Teachers, as there is an increasing number of illnesses linked to the teaching practice of this class of workers in Brazil. Contributions of Psychology are presented in the face of the Psychodynamics of Work, as a fundamental tool to give vent to the voice of workers, allowing to unveil their experiences at work and the meanings of pleasure and suffering attributed to it. Through qualitative and bibliographic research, the most common diseases found in the context in which the teacher of early childhood education is inserted are cited. For example, Burnout, chronic fatigue, among other derivative causes that can cause psychological distress in the worker, such as lack of recognition and devaluation of their work. It is concluded that the mental illness of early childhood education teachers is a challenge for psychologists to work with interventions that allow them to give voice to this worker through speech and listening, in order to promote and prevent their mental health, collectively or individually.

O autorze

Curriculum of the Authors: César Ferreira da Silva is a Psychologist and Specialist in Clinical and Institutional Psychopedagogy and Nariel Cinthia Magalhães Pereira is a Psychologist and Specialist in Clinical and Institutional Psychopedagogy, both authors work with Emphasis on Special Education, Inclusive, Educational Psychology and Social Psychology.