The precarization teacher’s work in the higher education: from impasses to the possibilities of change

Abstract

This article aims to examine the impact of the system of flexible accumulation and neoliberal ideas in the teacher’s work deepening the study about the signification of the social roles of teacher constructed / negotiated in relations which establish in the teaching of higher education. To carry out this study, observations were made at a private university located in a municipality in the region of Campinas. The analyses of empirical material from the theoretical and methodological assumptions of Antunes and Vygotsky, showed that in the conflicts and tensions of the routine of teacher’s work emerge complex movements of escape, but also of confrontation and disruption, advancing the dissent, rescuing the collective social commitment and rightful recognition of the fundamental rights of every human being the citizenship.Key-words: flexible accumulation, teacher’s work, higher education, social roles.