The teacher at the end of elementary school towards students with learning difficulties: psychic questions and defense mechanisms

• Main Author: Catherine Luce
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-12-01
• Series: Estilos da Clínica
• Subjects: teachers at the end of Elementary School; students with learning difficulties; clinical approach; psychic conflicts; defense mechanisms
• Online Access: http://www.revistas.usp.br/estic/article/view/131170

This article aims to present tensions and psychic issues related to the confrontation of the teacher at the end of Elementary School with students with learning difficulties and “special educational needs”, according to institutional norms. These professionals carry out their work in an entre-deux. A method of clinical research with a psychoanalytic orientation was chosen. It allows us to grasp the conscious and unconscious psychic movements mobilized in the “professional personality” and the specific relationship established between the 5th grade teacher and those students with special needs. The analysis of clinical research interviews conducted with teachers in France and in Frenchspeaking countries values specific defense methods