The Variability of the Educational Needs of college Teachers as a Condition for Their Professional and Personal Development

The article presents the results of an empirical study focused on identifying the features of the attitude of college teachers to their additional professional education, continuous self-development and self-improvement. The article examines the ideas of 214 college teachers about the ideal teacher of the secondary vocational education system, the peculiarities of their perception of themselves as subjects of pedagogical activity, their attitude to the existing requirements of periodic training in advanced training courses, the degree of interest in them and the content of their educational needs. The analysis of the survey results showed the need to take into account the peculiarities of their educational needs and the variability of their professional and personal development when organizing advanced training courses for college teachers.

Opinions of Teachers’ Students toward Teachers Who Smoked in Thailand: A Qualitative Study

The purpose of this qualitative research was to describe the opinions of teachers’ students toward teachers who smoked in Thailand. The population was teachers’ students (N=30) in their 1st–5th academic year of the Faculty of Education who participated based on purposive sampling according to eligibility criteria. The QDA Miner Lite program was used to analyze the qualitative data. The results indicated that the teachers’ students understanding of a teacher was a person who conveys knowledge, experience and life skills in various fields for students both inside and outside the classroom and school. They should be a good person with knowledge and qualifications, displaying exemplary maturity in every way and be a role model. Like a family that gives love and keeps training and teaching in the right way. A teacher should be a good adviser and listen to problems. The ideal teacher must love to teach proficiently and be knowledgeable in what is being taught, allowing students to understand various forms of knowledge and be current. Smoking also affects being a teachers’ students, in terms of inappropriateness and was not suitable for future teachers as it could affect the image of the organization. It also has harmful effect on health. A method that is likely to help prevent smoking among teachers’ students and teachers is to create awareness through training and organizing various projects such as establishing a smoking cessation treatment center and campaigning for ways to replace smoking or to refrain from smoking.

ДІАГНОСТИКА РІВНЯ СФОРМОВАНОСТІ ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ КУЛЬТУРИ МАЙБУТНІХ ВИХОВАТЕЛІВ ЗАКЛАДІВ ДОШКІЛЬНОЇ ОСВІТИ

Статтю присвячено вивченню професійної культури студентів – майбутніх вихователів закладів дошкільної освіти у процесі їхньої професійної підготовки у закладі вищої педагогічної освіти. Здійснено теоретичний аналіз психолого-педагогічної літератури з проблеми дослідження, розкрито сутність поняття «професійна культура майбутніх вихователів закладів дошкільної освіти». Запропоноване власне трактування поняття «професійна культура майбутнього вихователя закладу дошкільної освіти, а саме: професійна культура майбутнього вихователя – це наявність у педагога духовного багатства (високоморальних цінностей), яскраво вираженої творчої індивідуальності, готової та здатної до нововведень і перетворень; особливих особистісних якостей (гуманізму, любові до дітей, педагогічного оптимізму, толерантності, тактовності тощо); компетентностей педагогічної діяльності в галузі дошкільної освіти; зовнішньої естетичної привабливості. Визначено основні критерії формування професійної культури (духовно-творчий, когнітивний, мотиваційно-ціннісний, рефлексивно-перцептивний, операціональний). Описано рівні сформованості професійної культури майбутніх вихователів, а саме: початковий, адаптивний, репродуктивно-прогностичний, пошуково-творчий. Здійснено добір діагностичних методик за всіма критеріями. Розроблено авторську діагностичну методику «Професійна компетентність майбутнього вихователя закладу дошкільної освіти». Проведено діагностичне дослідження рівня сформованості професійної культури студентів спеціальності «Дошкільна освіта» факультету педагогіки і психології Національного педагогічного університету імені М.П. Драгоманова. В дослідженні застосовувалися теоретичні методи – аналізу, узагальнення, систематизації, порівняння; емпіричні методи – спостереження, анкетування, бесіда; а також діагностичні методики, спрямовані на виявлення рівня сформованості професійної культури майбутніх вихователів закладів дошкільної освіти. Здійснено аналіз результатів діагностичного дослідження. Виявлено недостатній рівень сформованості професійної культури майбутніх вихователів закладів дошкільної освіти, особливо за духовно-творчим та рефлексивно-перцептивним компонентами. Накреслено перспективи подальших досліджень, які полягають у розробці та впровадженні в освітній процес закладів вищої педагогічної освіти технології формування професійної культури майбутніх вихователів закладів дошкільної освіти. Література Белоусова, Т.Ф. (1989). Педагогическая практика как фактор формирования основ педагогической культуры. (Автореф. дис. канд. пед. наук). Ростов-на-Дону. Гальченко, В.М., & Семенча, Л.Г. (2020). Професійна культура як системоутворювальний фактор успішності майбутніх педагогів у професійній діяльності. The XXI century education: realities, challenges, development trends (Monograph). In prof. Hanna Tsvietkova (Ed). (c.509–522) Hameln : InterGING. Гальченко, В.М. (2019). Творча індивідуальність як основа професійної культури майбутніх вихователів закладів дошкільної освіти. Professional development of a teacher in the light of European integration processes. In prof. Hanna Tsvietkova (Ed). (c. 531–549). Hameln : InterGING. Головина, Е.С. (2005). Педагогическое содействие формированию профессиональной культуры будущих социальных педагогов в вузе. (Автореф. дис. канд. пед. наук). Екатеринбург. Зязюн, І.А., & Сагач, Г.М. (1997). Краса педагогічної дії. Київ : АПН України. Исаев, И.Ф. (2004). Профессионально-педагогическая культура преподавателя. Москва : Академия. Павелко, Н.И. (2004.) Культурологическая парадигма теории профессионально-педагогической культуры преподавателя высшей школы (Дис. д-ра культурологии). Краснодар. Радул, В.В., Кравцов, В.О., & Михайліченко, М.В. (2007). Основи професійного становлення особистості сучасного вчителя (Навчальний посібник). Кіровоград : «Імекс-ЛТД». Birkeland, Å., & Ødemotland, S. (2018). Disorienting Dilemmas – the Significance of Resistance and Disturbance in an Intercultural Program within Kindergarten Teacher Education. psych. Behav., 52, 377–387. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-018-9433-y Jokikokko, K. (2016). Reframing Teachers’ intercultural learning as an emotional process. Intercultural Education, 27(3), 217–230. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2016.1150648. Weston, K., Ott, M., & Rodger, S. (2018). Handbook of School-Based Mental Health Promotion. Cham : Springer. Moreno, V.M. (2020). The Ideal Teacher Different Images. Hu Arenas. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42087-020-00148-0

Teacher educators' vision of an 'ideal' teacher

There is no clear definition of what constitutes an ideal teacher educator, particularly from the perspective of Malaysian educators. Developing teacher educators’ vision of an ideal teacher ensures that teachers have high levels of professional, personal, and contextual dimensions in teaching practices, including competence in the practice of professional teaching, knowledge, and understanding. Therefore, the objective of this study was to find out the range of visions of what it is to be a good teacher educator in a Malaysian teacher education institution. Seventeen teacher educators from an established university in Malaysia participated in the study. A survey consisting of eight questions was used as the research instrument. The data obtained from the questionnaire were analysed by using descriptive and textual analysis techniques. The findings reveal certain criteria of an ideal teacher such as possessing sound subject matter knowledge, mastery of both generic and content-specific pedagogy, and hands-on teaching skills. The teacher educators shared that they have to adjust their goals to attain their vision, namely the need to adapt to the current policies, new ideas, and the ever-changing educational trends. The findings also show that an ideal teacher is the one who is responsible to nurture and bring about the best learning experience for students. This research has unfolded the teacher educators’ vision of the ideal teacher and pedagogical implications reflected in every facet of their educational practices.

Journey from the Past to the Future in Raising the Ideal Physical Education Teacher: A Metaphor Study

The aim of this research is to examine the ideal physical education profile from the perspective of physical education teacher educators, that is, academicians working in the physical education and sports teaching department of the faculties of sports sciences. Within the scope of this purpose, the views of the academicians about the pre-graduate education, the undergraduate education period and their own teaching were compared with their views on the ideal physical education teacher. In order to express the comparisons more clearly, metaphor was used. The academicians were asked to match the physical education teachers who influenced them the most from their past to the future, their own teaching and their views on the ideal physical education teacher, with the nature metaphor presented to them by the researchers. In the study, which was based on the qualitative research method, the “interview” approach and the “interview form method” were used as the data collection method. According to the stratified sampling method, the participants of the study; taking into account the academic titles of the participants; 3 professors, 3 associate professors, 3 assistant professor and 3 lecturers A total of 12 physical education teacher educators (academics) were determined. As a result of the research, it was observed that while the participants defined their pre-graduate teachers closer to the ideal teacher in terms of their physical characteristics, they defined their undergraduate physical education teachers and themselves as closer to the ideal physical education teacher in the main themes of personality traits, teacher leadership styles and teaching methods.

THEACHER’S CHARISMA: NATURE OR NURTURE?

Charisma is an inherent exceptional human authority, which consists of the ability to subdue others to one's will. Throughout the history of human civilization, charismatic individuals have played a significant role in all spheres of human activity ‒ politics, education, science, production, art, philosophy, religion, and so on. The article analyzes the current state of research on teacher's charisma. This phenomenon has long been known in education, but recently it has attracted more and more attention because it significantly increases learning performance. But research on teacher’s charisma is still rare, as its presence and variations are difficult to identify and operate on. The most important feature of a charismatic teacher is that in his professional activity, first of all, he tries to form and develop dynamic positive relationships with all his pupils, regardless of their abilities, gender, or social origin. Such a teacher becomes a role model, authority, and source of inspiration. Students of higher education institutions perceive the teacher's charisma somewhat differently. For them, the key features of an ideal teacher are professional competence and positive character traits. Not only does a competent teacher know his subject well, but he is also able to present it to students so that they understand the most difficult issues. Students consider friendliness, accessibility, patience, enthusiasm, self-discipline, and decency to be positive traits of an ideal teacher. Genetic studies of the teacher's charisma are completely absent. Although usual life experience shows that charisma is hereditary, its heritability remains unknown, which makes it impossible to determine how much charisma development depends on learning and upbringing. There are still no studies aimed at identifying genetic factors, not only charisma altogether but also the teacher's charisma in particular. The exacerbation of the problem of the education quality in today's rapidly changing world makes genetic research of pedagogical charisma very relevant.

Beginning Student Teachers’ Professional Identity

This article investigates teachers’ professional identity of beginning first-year students through their beliefs about being a teacher. The presented study focuses on Austrian teacher students’ (N=18) conceptions of becoming a professional; what convictions student teachers reflect on, which professional identity emerges and what synthesis of a professional teacher identity position can be portrayed at the beginning of teacher education. Through inductively driven content analysis all statements (N=401) have been combined, and a unified synthesis of a beginning student teachers’ professional identity was formed. Three main categories were found: the “ideal” teacher, “good” teaching, and the “optimal” working environment. The results showed a highly idealistic view of being a teacher. The majority of statements referred to teaching from a pupil-centered perspective by strongly emphasising personality traits, student-teacher relationships, and teachers’ professional knowledge. Based on the results, the role of professional identity in Austrian’s teacher education is discussed, and further implementations in research are recommended.

Konsep Etika Guru Perspektif Al-Bukhari; Studi atas Kitab Sahih al-Bukhari Karya Abu ‘Abdillah Muhammad bin Ismail al-Bukhari

The Concept of Teacher Ethics in Al-Bukhari's Perspective; Study of the Book of Sahih al-Bukhari by Abu 'Abdillah Muhammad bin Ismail al-Bukhari. This paper aims to discuss study of hadist about the concept of ideal teacher offered by Muhammad bin Ismail al-Bukhari in his book, Shahih al-Bukhari, and also relevant to the professionalism of Islamic Education Teacher in basic constitusion about teacher and lecturer No. 14 Tahun 2005. The method used is library research by applying content analysis technique in discussion of teacher’s etihc in al-Bukhari’s perspective. And the conclusion in this paper tahat is a teacher must have nature of sincerity, knowledge, concern, compassion, pay attention to student, patient, fair, no discriminating and responsible. Ant this relevant to the professionalism of Islamic education teacher.

Impact of Motivational Languaging Activities on Novice English Teachers’ Motivation: An Activity Theory Perspective

The study aims to explore the influence of languaging on novice English teachers’ motivation and to investigate the uniqueness of each English teacher’s reactions to motivational languaging activities (MLAs) from an Activity Theory (AT) perspective. Three novice English teachers at secondary schools in South Korea were interviewed using questions based on an AT framework, and they completed six sets of MLAs consisting of two parts: motivation and languaging. Our findings indicated that the two relatively motivated teachers could use MLAs to develop their ideal teacher identity and improve their teaching confidence. By participating in MLAs, a demotivated teacher can reshape her thoughts regarding teaching and motivate herself again. It has also been shown that MLAs can mediate participation in an imaginary teacher community, possibly leading to enhancement of L2 teacher motivation, but that this also might not occur depending on one’s teacher agency.

‘It all begins with a teacher’: A multimodal critical discourse analysis of Singapore’s teacher recruitment videos

This study focuses on a series of videos aimed at teacher recruitment in Singapore and how they are used as an ideological tool for persuasion. By adopting a multimodal critical discourse analysis approach to focus on affect, it examines how these videos create and promulgate the ideology of an ideal teacher as one who is caring, encouraging and supportive of students. The analysis shows how affect is not only embodied in and performed by the primary protagonists in the video narratives through their action, facial expression, posture and speech. It is also evoked through various secondary meaning-making modes, such as focus, angle, lighting, background music and setting, through which the narratives unfold. More importantly, it demonstrates how affect is used not only as a means to arouse and engage viewers’ sensibilities but also as a persuasive strategy to manufacture and manage particular social and economic realities in contemporary society.