O estudante homem no curso de pedagogia da Universidade Federal da Paraíba Campus I: desafios e perspectivas

Abstract

Society's view of teaching has changed over time, initially a profession exercised only by men, especially with the arrival of the Jesuits in Brazil in 1549. From the XIX and especially in the XX, the teaching profession went through a process of feminization. Nowadays, much of the students on Pedagogy Course of the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Campus I, which is made up of women. Based on this consideration, this study sought to reflect on male insertion in the UFPB On-Campus Pedagogy Course, Campus I. As objectives requested, a) identify what is the motivation of these men to study Pedagogy; b) list the challenges experienced by male students during the Pedagogy course; c) identify in which work area these future educators intend to perform in the labor market; d) explain the perspectives presented by these students for a future performance in the area. This study was conducted from the references proposed mainly by Louro (1997), Vianna (2001) and Almeida (1998). To do so, were used a quantitative and qualitative research, conducted through the questionnaire applied in the academic period 2019.1. Counted with a participation of students of the Pedagogy course, of the three shifts offered by the referred Institution of Higher Education. Regarding the results, it was emphasized that the challenges encountered by these students transcend the insertion as teachers in early childhood education, having perspectives that goes beyond starting to work in the educational area.