Abstract
Today we are faced with several teachers who are falling ill and therefore being readapted. With this perspective, we aim in this article to discuss the established relationship between the precariousness of work and the illness of the readapted teacher, based on the assumptions of Historical-Cultural Psychology. For the discussion of the subject, we will discuss the labor relations and, afterwards, we will deal with the formation of personality and illness, with support in the studies of A. Leontiev. We will illustrate the article with data from interviews conducted with 20 readapted teachers of basic education. As a result, we observe that the demands that are placed on the worker at the present time, among them the teacher, have caused estrangement in relation to the teaching activity, a rupture between meaning and meaning in professional practice and, as a consequence, illness. In conclusion, we believe that it is necessary to work towards the emancipation of the teacher, in order to enable the maximum development of his potentialities.
Keywords:
Teaching work; suffering; Historical-Cultural Psychology