Personal and professional qualities of modern biology teachers of general secondary education

- Ващенко, Л.С. (orcid.org/0000-0002-0637-2142) (2022) Personal and professional qualities of modern biology teachers of general secondary education (153). pp. 15-24. ISSN 2310-371X

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Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the results of a survey of biology teachers in general secondary education. The modern teacher is not just a subject teacher. He is a creative person, a professional, a person who develops, constantly improves his professional level. The teacher has a task to teach students new thinking, self-knowledge and self-development. The biology teacher must ensure the formation of students’ natural literacy. The results of the survey show that the vast majority of biology teachers are “non-random people”, their motivation in choosing a profession was related to the content of future teaching activities. Most teachers admitted that they chose the profession consciously. The choice was based on the belief that they will contribute to the development of biological education. Biology teachers point to the value and interest of their profession, which helps them to put their skills into practice. The randomness of choosing the profession of biology teacher is indicated mainly by young respondents, some of whom plan to change the field of their work in the near future. Teachers who took part in the survey highly appreciate their professional training, level of information literacy, in-service training system. However, they are unanimous that overloaded curricula and imperfect textbooks hinder the improvement of the quality of biological education. Most respondents draw attention to the unsatisfactory condition of the material and technical base of secondary schools, lack of incentives and support for successful biology teachers, their salaries and low motivation of students to start biology activities. The issue of teacher efficiency is relevant now. The practice of evaluating his work based on the results of external independent evaluation cannot be considered correct. Biology teachers recognized the idea of evaluating the effectiveness of teachers’ work on the basis of self-evaluation and mutual evaluation according to the developed criteria. Evaluating the effectiveness of a teacher should contribute to his personal and professional development.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	biology teachers, biological education, professional activity, motives of professional activity, efficiency of teacher’s work
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 37.01/.09 Special auxiliary table for theory, principles, methods and organization of education > 37.09 Organization of instruction Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education > 373 Kinds of school providing general education Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 5 Мathematics. natural sciences > 57 Biological sciences in general
Divisions:	Institute of Pedagogics > Department of Monitoring and Assessment of the Quality of General Secondary Education
Depositing User:	С.О. Науменко
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2022 11:39
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2022 11:39
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/732807

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