QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE OF TEACHERS ON THE COAST OF PARANÁ

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5583352319095

• Palavras-chave: Quality of life at work; Teaching work; Teachers' Health

• Keywords: Quality of life at work; Teaching work; Teachers' Health

• Abstract:

  The quality of life in teaching work is strongly related to the health conditions of teachers and constitutes an area of interdisciplinary scope and interest. There are many areas dedicated to building knowledge in this field whose delimitations remain without consensus due to its subjectivity. This course completion work aimed to analyze the quality of life at work of Early Childhood Education and Elementary School teachers (Initial series), in the municipalities of the Coast of Paraná (Antonina, Guaraqueçaba, Guaratuba, Matinhos, Morretes, Paranaguá and Pontal do Paraná). To assess quality of life, the questionnaire, Total Quality Work Life- TQWL-42, was used, prepared on Google Forms and distributed electronically to teachers. 28 teachers from the public education network on the coast of Paraná voluntarily participated, with an average age of 43.92 years, with an average length of service of 10.76 years. Analysis of the results reveals that, in general, the teachers surveyed report a satisfactory level of quality of life. Analyzing the spheres separately, quality of work life scores tends to be unsatisfactory in the biological/physiological sphere and satisfactory scores in the psychological/behavioral sphere. It is concluded that job security and the relevance of teaching work represent a strong significance and positive impact on the quality of life in teaching work and that they must be increased and supported. The precariousness of working conditions, working hours, leisure hours, health care services, must be considered more carefully so that teaching work is valued as it must.