DYNAMICS IN DIAGNOSING THE QUALITY OF THE GOOD TEACHER

Abstract

Education is a supreme human value that builds on the prosperity of society and the development of world progress. The personality of the teacher has a significant influence on the results of the educational process. The genesis of the teaching profession is rooted in ancient times. Over the centuries it has marked its development and affirmed its socially meaningful nature. Practising the profession of "teacher" is based on a person-to-person interaction. It is seen as a well-structured system with clearly differentiated and hierarchical levels of interaction. In his or her professional activity, the teacher enters into different interactions and realizes a complex of functions and professional roles, on the basis of which different types of teachers can be differentiated. One type of teacher is flexible, adaptable, open-minded, conscientious, creative, active, patient, committed to the profession, spiritualized, supporting the child’s development, ready to accept challenges. The other type is the conservative teacher, biased, irresponsible, reproductive, unbalanced, selfish, unconcerned for the prosperity of the students, boring, applying templates in their work. The first mentioned type of teachers receive a high public score for their professional work. They are categorized by users of educational services as good teachers. The second type of the so indicated teacher has a low public score for their work. They are categorized by users of educational services as bad, unloved teachers. What qualities are needed to be a good teacher? Which personal and professional qualities are highly valued for practising the teaching profession? These questions provoked our research attention to diagnosing the qualities of a good teacher. The subject of the study is the qualities of the good teacher. The aim of the study is to differentiate such personal and professional qualities that are characteristic of good teachers. Methods of research: pedagogical study, test, content analysis, correlation analysis, range scaling. Contingent of the study: The survey was conducted in 2017. It includes 128 respondents. 64 students from pedagogical specialties and 64 practicing teachers were included in the study. Results: The results indicate that there is a correlational dependence between three, from the differentiated to be in the first five positions, qualities of the good teacher. Students from the pedagogical majors and practitioners are solidarized around the belief that love for children, love for the profession and patience are the qualities that are most often met in the good teachers. It is these qualities that occupy a leading position in the rank scale of the teacher's prominent qualities, composed by the two target groups of respondents