ABSTRACT

Teachers comprise a unique and understudied occupational; their duty hours extend beyond the work setting and can impact the quality of life and work–life balance. Unlike employees of other occupations, teachers and the teaching profession have received relatively little study. To call attention to this deficiency, we conducted in-depth interviews of 29 teachers employed by public schools in São Paulo, Brazil. Their narratives revealed three different everyday life typologies, i.e. duty–duty, duty–need and duty–pleasure, plus compromised quality of life when supposedly off work. Collectively, our findings contribute to a greater understanding of the unfavorable work–life balance of teachers and its potential for risk for disease processes that ought to motivate future research.

摘要

教师是一个独特且未被充分研究的职业；他们的工作时间超出了工作环境，并可能影响生活质量和工作与生活的平衡。与其他职业的雇员不同，教师和教学专业很少接受研究。为了引起人们对这一缺陷的关注，我们对巴西圣保罗的29名公立学校聘用的老师进行了深入访谈。他们的叙述揭示了三种不同的日常生活类型，即职责-职务，职责-需要和职责-享乐，以及据称下班后生活质量的下降。总的来说，我们的发现有助于更好地理解教师不利的工作与生活之间的平衡，以及其可能引发疾病的风险，这可能会激发未来的研究。