This article aims at analyzing the perceptions of the professors of the pedagogy courses in a public university in relation to pleasure-suffering while teaching, based on theory of Psychodynamics at Work. The research was carried at the education school of a public university in Belo Horizonte. It is a case study which was carried by collection and data analysis of quantitative and qualitative nature by using the Scales of Pleasure-Suffering Indicators at work (EIPST) applied to 52 professors and the semi-structured interview performed by 9 professors. The quantitative data were treated with by the system SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) and the interviews were analyzed according to their content. The results indicated that the pleasure experiences are predominant and are also related to the pride and to the identification of the work. The suffering experiences occurred in a moderate way and are related to the nervous breakdown, overwork and stress, besides the feelings of indignation and depreciation. As a compensation of the suffering, the pleasure experiences are maximized and have its origin in the teaching practice, in a close contact with the workmates and students, in the production of knowledge and in the recognition that comes from the pairs and from the community as well.
Pleasure; Pain; Professor; Disease; University
