A special education teacher: narrated and lived experience (hospital and) hospital class

Abstract

The present study aims to describe comprehensively the sense of being a teacher of the hospital class, revealing the existential experiences and relationships between schooling and inclusion of hospitalized children. For that, a qualitative research of phenomenological foundations was carried out. The data collection period was between September and November of 2018. The research scenario was in Hospital Class of Public Children's Hospital of the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The subject was a teacher who has 10 years of experience in the educational attendance to student-patients in this class. For the data production we use free testimonial speeches in your work environment. The unveiling of the phenomena and data treatment resulted in three Sense Guides: 1) Being a Special Education Teacher in a Hospital Class; 2) Dealing with death and pain in the Hospital Class; 3) Hospital and School: how are they interlinked? The study showed the importance of knowing the life histories of teachers, while belonging to this school space within a hospital, because the understanding of the actions, strategies and experiences lived in this office collaborate in the continuity and improvement of teaching-learning processes for hospitalized students.