Abstract

ACUNA, Maia; GRINBERG, Silvia  and  NUNEZ, Claudio. The education of the artisan teacher. Crafts and fabrications to hold the school. Alteridad [online]. 2024, vol.19, n.1, pp.12-21. ISSN 1390-8642.  https://doi.org/10.17163/alt.v19n1.2024.01.

This article addresses teaching work in two public secondary schools; one located on the outskirts of the capital city and the other in the interior of the Chaco Province, in the northern part of Argentina. The students attending these institutions come from families that have been forced to migrate from rural areas to intermediate cities due to the substitution of human labor by agricultural machinery and the consequent uprooting of the rural population in Chaco.

The social, political, and economic changes generated by these processes have modified and affected the daily dynamics and working conditions of teaching in these schools. The discussions presented here arise from in-depth interviews conducted with eight teachers and an educational advisor. The initial results show that teachers employ artisanal strategies to support academic paths that are at pedagogical risk. Thus, the forms that teaching takes result from macro processes resonating in schools but also from micro-institutional processes that come into play through teaching and pedagogical dynamics presenting complex nuances, given the current situation experienced in these institutions.

Keywords : public teaching; high school; teacher education; teaching; crafts; factory..

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