The ideal/real role of the teacher in the social representation of teaching

Abstract

This research analyses the social representations of teachers and their role to know if there are justifying discourses and their structure. With a qualitative methodology, discourse analysis and group discussion techniques. Results show three representations about their ideal role as teachers against the ones which relate to the actual ones materialized in the practice. A typology of teachers from instrumental orthodoxy to the vital openness of students. In conclusion, it is necessary to consider that internalized diversity in teachers, both in the design and implementation of educational policies