Teenagers, Their Teachers: Plots of the Intersubjective Dynamics in Classroom

Authors

  • Cristiani Debacker Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT)
  • Vânia Monteiro Menezes Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT)
  • Vera Lúcia Blum Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v17i2.28155

Keywords:

teenagers, sexuality, singularity, compliments.

Abstract

Based on the outcomes of a focus group in which eight teenagers discussed about their experience in a public school this article seeks to underscore aspects of the intersubjective dynamics in the classroom. The speeches of the teenagers reveal how the unfolding of their sexual life can lead teachers to become entangled in situations that put their authority at stake. It is also meaningful that the highlight effect produced by compliments to the students in the classroom reveals an inconvenient side effect. A psychoanalytically oriented analysis of the utterances of the group indicates how the responses of the teacher to the way he or she is perceived by the students can promote or prevent the intersubjective dynamic. From this it is concluded that the student’s desire to learn depends partially in the acknowledgment of the singularities of the teenagers.

Author Biographies

Cristiani Debacker, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT)

crisdebacker_@hotmail.com

Vânia Monteiro Menezes, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT)

vaniamonteiro@gmail.com

Vera Lúcia Blum, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT)

verablum@terra.com.br

How to Cite

Debacker, C., Menezes, V. M., & Blum, V. L. (2013). Teenagers, Their Teachers: Plots of the Intersubjective Dynamics in Classroom. Interação Em Psicologia, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v17i2.28155

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Section

Research Reports