THE CONCEPT OF IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT OF A TEACHER AS SEEN BY STUDENTS

Abstract

This article presents a topical issue of impression management of the teacher in professional activity. This paper presents the results of the diagnostic study, which was undertaken among Pedagogical University students. The aim of the study was to identify the representation of students about the teacher's selfpresentation. The study describes the findings. There were revealed students’ representations about the teachers’ self-presentation of the older and younger generation, as well as problems of self-presentation experienced by students, characteristics related to composing of culture of the teacher’s self-presentation. Among the characteristics relating to the teacher’s impression management, students single out external (verbal intelligence, behavioral pattern, feeding themselves and form, etc.) and internal ones (politeness, openness, self-awareness, etc.). The conclusions of the authors points at the importance of consideration of representations of students about teacher’s self-presentation in their training, which can be taken into account in higher education. Ignorance of these representations of students in the educational process makes it difficult to establish contact and to solve pedagogical matters for high school teacher, etc.