A presença masculina na creche: estariam os educadores homens fora de lugar?

• Autor(a) principal: Lopes, Elsa Santana dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/9872
• topic: Educação infantil; Creche; Relações de gênero; Educadores homens; Educação e cuidado; Early childhood education; Daycare centers; Gender relations; Male educators; Education and childcare; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO::CURRICULO

This doctoral thesis looks at four life experiences of male educators working with education and care of young children in public childcare centers in the city of Santo André, in the ABC Paulista region, from the perspective of gender relations. The research is focused on finding out about these male educators working in childcare centers, what are their reasons for choosing the teaching profession, and how they perform their work in a socially recognized a female profession. Although in a reduced number, the presence of male educators working in childcare centers has been growing in the municipality. Additionally, hiring male workforce is recommended as part of social policies promoting equality between men and women, as well as guided by public policies towards gender diversity in education. This study sought to answer the following questions: Why do men work in this education stage? Are the male educators of young children out of place? The field research consisted of interviews with four male educators working in public childcare centers of Santo André, caring for children aged 0-3 years. The study adopted a qualitative research methodology, aiming at knowing and understanding the meanings these educators attribute to themselves, their practice as early childhood professionals, and which socially attributed meanings they perceive in others. The findings show that the male presence in childcare centers as early childhood professionals generates estrangement and conflict situations. At the same time, the results show that there are several doubts about the sexuality of these professionals and fears associated with male characteristics as causing risks to the physical integrity of children in activities related to child s body care, especially concerning girls. These negative reactions towards male educators are observed among the children s family members, among the management team members, and between female and male educators working at the same public childcare centers. The interview reports revealed some strategies used by the male educators who participated in the research to face the negative situations they were confronted with at workplace and their views of their roles as male educators in public childcare centers