Orkut and the representations of teachers on students

• Grant number: 12/11184-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2012
• End date: November 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Fundamentals of Education
• Principal Investigator: Antônio Alvaro Soares Zuin
• Grantee: Drieli Camila Giangarelli
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Since its inception, the teaching profession was seen as menial and undervalued. The master, in this context, his image was linked to the coldness and lack of feelings. This was due mainly to intense sadism educational and physical and psychological aggression that marked the history of the teacher-student relationship. Thus, the image of the intellectual pride of the teacher, tied to its stern stance has been perpetuated until today. It is not hard to see that when this subject is treated in certain social networks. Orkut students find space to express their feelings - repressed till then the four walls of the classroom. The communities that turn against the teachers are many, but there are also those in which teachers express their own feelings about the profession. On investigation, it is noted that few comments are structured in order to put a sarcastic counterpoint to the prevailing discourse of teachers. Accordingly, the present research project aims to understand, through the Orkut communities made up of teachers, why the same if they use this device to express their views about the school routine.(AU)