ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ ПРОФЕССИИ ПЕДАГОГА ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ

Abstract

The article is devoted to the theoretical analysis of modern psychological studies of the professional activities of teachers of children additional education carried out during the last decade. The purpose of the study was to conduct this analysis from the standpoint of labor psychology, where the key constructs are the concepts of efficiency and effectiveness of activity, in order to systematize and summarize modern psychological studies of the professional activities of teachers of children additional education, highlighting the main areas of such research and identifying among them the areas that are most significant and promising for labor psychology. It is noted that in modern conditions, the requirements for the formation of a system of personnel support for additional education of children are increasing, in particular, for the professionally important qualities of teachers in order to ensure their effective work and successful socialization of students. It is stated that a systematic analysis of psychological studies of the work of teachers of children additional education reveals an objective trend of insufficient knowledge of the problem of the effectiveness and efficiency of this work. Eight main directions of modern psychological research of the work of teachers of children additional education are identified, among which five directions are marked as particularly significant and promising for the psychology of work, related, respectively: 1) with the finding of success criteria and the development of methods for obtaining estimates of the effectiveness of this professional activity; 2) with the definition of regulatory requirements for this activity; 3) with the identification of the psychological specifics of the professional activities of teachers of children additional education; 4) with the study of the modern digital environment as a means of professional development of teachers of children additional education; 5) with the study and formation of psychological readiness of teachers of children additional education to carry out cultural work. The significance of the results obtained is determined by the fact that the identified areas contribute to the theoretical ordering and purposeful further development of research on the work of teachers of additional education of children.