5.PROFESSORS’ SOCIAL ROLE VALORIZATION IN FALCON STATE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

This essay aims to interpret professors’ social role valorization from two universities in Falcón State. This essay was conceived during a professional development activity based on self-perception in the professional field. In-depth interviews organized first according to typology and later as saturated macro-structures were applied. Data were categorized, contrasted and analyzed. Results highlight academic achievement and teacher’s ranks in an environment where life quality and a squeezing economy have put professionalism and knowledge (the ignition to educational venture) to fire and sword. Informants insisted on the need to be valued under these circumstances and to keep constantly training for a personal and social transformation.