Working conditions and cultural capital of philosophy teachers in high education

Abstract

Abstract

In this article we present the results of a research that aimed to understand the conditions in which the exercise of teaching for the Philosophy teacher of a Bahia state high school is effective and how these conditions confer social positions and imply the construction of the teaching habitus. The data were constructed through an exploratory qualitative research. The instrument used to produce the data was a semi-structured interview with two teachers from a public school in Vitória da Conquista-Ba. The theoretical framework used in the analyzes is Bourdieu's sociology. The conclusions point out that even with the present difficulties and the disrepute of teaching, this allows teachers to expand the cultural capital.

Keywords: Working conditions. Cultural capital. Philosophy teaching.