Vou pra rua e bebo a tempestade: representações de educadores de rua de Fortaleza

Abstract

This dissertation deals with the unveiling of the symbolic representations of street social educators and part of the educators working on state-owned institutional sheltering programs Criança Fora da Rua, Dentro da Escola (Child Out of the Streets, Inside the School) and Ponte de Encontro (Encounter Bridge) developed, respectively, by the Ceará State Government and the City Hall of Fortaleza, which treat children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability. The present research examines the motivations for entering and exercising the profession, the values ​​which guide their educational practice, the prospects for the projected result of this activity and the demands regarding their working conditions, in order to realize what elements these subjects bring to the operationalization of their activity, beyond what is recommended by their employers. Common characteristics were identified with regard to the values ​​that regulate the action of the educators, but they found different conditions to convert them into practice, according to the model of care related to each program. The motivations were typified and interconnections between them were discovered and other representations studied. It was also verified great dissatisfaction with working conditions and loss of perspective to continue in their current role by most educators investigated. It was noticed that there are different professional habitus among educators, which are related to their previous work experiences, conditions of entrance into those institutions, types of motivation and what kind of conceptions and working methods are adopted by each organization researched.