Performativity and Identity of University Professors

Abstract

This research, organized as a case study in three Brazilian institutions, aims to analyze how university professors are reformulating their professional identity when facing the pressures and demands of current higher education policies. It identifies as a trend that institutional leaders have incorporated many of the principles that characterize managerialism and the logic of performativity. Teachers observe a profound transformation in teaching, which is more complex and challenging, with significant changes in their role and an increasing level of stress