Feelings of pleasure and suffering of teachers in the implementation of a curriculum.

Abstract

The research identified feelings of pleasure and suffering experienced by 30 nurse professors in their job by verifying the dimensions of the valuation, of the exhaustion and of the recognition before the change of the labor process in view of the implementation of an innovating curriculum change. It is a quantitative study based on Dejours’ theoretical referential by utilizing Likert’s scale. The drawn conclusion is that the professors have more pleasure than suffering in their job because they feel valued, recognized and do not feel exhausted by their activities. These data highlight the importance of the relationship among the professors and their chores, peers and institution, considering that here is the place where the factors that contribute to feelings of pleasure and suffering are established