UNIVERSITY DEUCATOR AS SUBJECT OF UNIVERSITY MISSION: SOME ASPECTS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the investigation of the crucial role of higher education teachers in fulfilling the mission of the university. Through the prism of the educational paradigm of the 21st century from the scientific and methodical positions, by applying the methods of analysis and generalizations, the importance of the professional activity of teachers in the modernized educational space of a university department and a university as a whole has been analyzed. The article also identifies ways to enhance the teacher's professional competence by integrating subject-technological, psychological-pedagogical, and general cultural components.
 The paradigm shift from a traditional "teacher" to a modern "teacher-architect" or "teacher-creator" allows teachers to establish partnership relations among all participants of the educational process and achieve the multi-directional goals and tasks of modern universities. The authors provide examples from the Department of Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology at Poltava State Medical University to illustrate how innovative pedagogical technologies enhance the quality of partnership cooperation and promote the formation of students' key competencies, leading to the development of their professional and personal characteristics. The article concludes that the effective preparation of new generation teachers for universities, particularly in the medical field, requires multifaceted professional and competency-oriented activity. The article's relevance to the declared topic is evident in its positive contribution to the formation of new generation teachers and the achievement of the mission of universities.