SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE, CONDITIONS AND WORKLOADS OF STATE TEACHERS IN A MUNICIPALITY IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Abstract This study aimed to describe the sociodemographic and economic profile of teachers and analyze their professional characteristics, working conditions and workloads. This is a cross-sectional study of the Pro-Master project. We interviewed 978 primary school and high school teachers of the twenty state schools with more teachers of the city of Londrina/PR, between August 2012 and July 2013. Most of the teachers surveyed were female (68.5%) with mean age of 41.5 years (SD 10). As for professional features, 42.9% worked in up to two places and 64.2% teach at least two shifts. Issues such as remuneration, amount of students per class and infrastructure were reported as negative (bad/regular). In relation to workloads, physical, physiological and mental burdens, for more than half of them, greatly affect their health and working conditions. These factors signaled the working conditions and health of state teachers of Paraná, and can be useful to support the development of public policies to improve these aspects.摘要 本研究旨在描述教师的社会人口学与经济概况，并分析其职业特征、工作条件及工作负荷。本研究为针对Pro-Master项目的横断面研究，于2012年8月至2013年7月期间，对巴西巴拉那州隆德里纳市教师规模位居前二十的20所州立学校的978名中小学教师开展访谈。受访教师中女性占比68.5%，平均年龄为41.5岁（标准差10）。职业特征方面，42.9%的教师仅在至多两所学校任职，64.2%的教师至少承担两个教学时段的授课任务。薪酬、班级学生人数及基础设施等相关问题的评价均为负面（差/一般）。就工作负荷而言，超过半数的教师表示其躯体、生理与精神负担均对自身健康及工作条件造成了显著负面影响。上述因素反映了巴拉那州州立教师的工作条件与健康现状，可为制定改善上述领域的公共政策提供有力支撑。