Performatividade e adoecimento docente no contexto Neoliberal.

Abstract

This research has like a theme the teacher illness on the Brazilian neoliberalism context and like main question of study, the following: how does the neoliberal performativity produces the teacher illness? Their main goals are: point out the performativity actions that produce teacher illness; identify the symptoms of the teacher illness on the teacher subject. The theoretical frameworks that that support this investigation are the concepts Performativity (Ball, 2005) and Neoliberalism (Dardot; Laval 2016), (Focault, 2008). Regarding the methodology, the research has a basic nature, typified as a qualitative, bibliographical, of a descriptive nature. Data sources consist of undergraduate dissertations (TCC) within a time frame from 2020 to 2023, developed and presented in Pedagogy courses. To data analyze its used Discourse Analyses, from the perspective of Michel Foucault (Fischer, 2001). The results on the research shows that performativity produces teacher illness, leading to psychosocial disorders, anxiety, depression, high stress levels, musculoskeletal and cardiovascular issues, voice disorders, Burnout Syndrome, and, consequently, partial or total withdrawal from the profession. Total withdrawal from work and medicalization will never be a definitive solution, there is no point in treating the problem if you continue to remain in the environment and practices that made you sick.