Image of a Teacher of a Technical University in the Eyes of Students

Abstract

Education is the fundamental basis for the potential development of society. Like all fields of activity, education is not static in time. At present, it is important not only to transfer knowledge, but also to teach students how to extract it on their own in rapidly changing information flows. As a rule, the main conductor to knowledge is the teacher. The result and evaluation of the educational process depends on the quality of the teacher's pedagogical activity. It is the university lecturers who are responsible for the training of highly qualified and competitive specialists. In this regard, society places high demands on the activities of teachers, which correlate with the level of attractiveness of the educational institution for students. Recently, the formation of a positive image of the teacher has become an urgent problem. In this context, special importance is attached to the study of the teacher's personality. Interesting and revealing is the practical study "Teacher through the eyes of students." The publication analyzes students' ideas about the image of a modern teacher of a technical university, the degree of its influence on the involvement of students in the educational process; the necessity of using the most important criteria in assessing the pedagogical activity of teachers is substantiated. According to the results of the study, it was found that the most important factor in the formation of students' professional competences is the personality of a teacher, his system of values consists of developed professional, general cultural and pedagogical competences.