Student characteristics: to help the teacher

Pedagogical activity is closely related to documentation. To facilitate his work, the teacher should familiarize himself with the compilation scheme and examples of one of the most important documents in his work - the characteristics of the student.

Why is a student characterization compiled?

An individual approach to the education and upbringing of the younger generation involves the study of the typological features of a particular child and the creation of conditions for his development in which this process would be more effective. In the practice of the educational system, such a way of fixing the individual traits of the child as the characteristic of the student is created.

This document allows the teacher himself to summarize the knowledge about the growing person, to track the dynamics of his development, as well as to other people who will work with the child in the future, to get a ready-made set of knowledge about him. A well-composed description helps the person reading it to form an idea of ​​what is happening, a portrait of the child and, on this basis, prioritize work with him. Therefore, the characterization of the student as one of the main documents is often required in such cases:

• when transferred to another educational institution;
• to continue studies at the next stage of education;
• at the request of social services;
• to work with a child law enforcement;
• when passing the commission in the military enlistment office;
• to organize assistance to the child, for example, in meetings of the PMPK.

Characterization Plan

Researchers in the field of psychology and pedagogy analyzed the characteristics that are compiled in educational institutions. It was revealed that such a document had a different approach to the study of the personality of the child. So, teachers focused on the influence of the pedagogical system on the student, on his behavior in school. And psychologists - on the individual typological differences of the child. For example, for the teacher, the manifestations of discipline and diligence in the educational process are important, for the psychologist - the motives of the child's educational activity . Both approaches did not adequately describe the personality of the student in the specific conditions of the educational system. Therefore, it was concluded that the characteristics of the student should be built according to a specific plan (algorithm) and include such necessary data:

• general information about the child (what is the name, age where he lives, the period of study, family characteristics) ;
• educational activities;
• behavior;
• social work;
• communication
• individual personality traits;
• family atmosphere and upbringing.

These items were included in the chart of student characteristics, which is filled in by the teacher throughout the child’s education. It not only gives a complete picture of the personality of the student, but also helps to further draw up an objective description.

Student Activities

A child’s activities in an educational institution include several types that should be described in such a document. It:

• educational activities (academic performance, interest, love of reading, academic achievement);
• social activity (severity, initiative, organizational inclinations, the authority of the child’s opinion, attitude to the role of the follower, desire to perform socially important work);
• communicative activity, communication (popularity in the team, the presence of comrades, sociability, ability to speak in front of an audience, openness, responsiveness, orientation to the opinions of others, relations with teachers).

The characteristic of the student’s activity shows how adapted the child is to the educational environment. How he learns public experience, knows how to make independent decisions and draw up an action plan.

Psychological and pedagogical characteristics of the student. What does she include?

The designated map-scheme includes, in fact, the psychological and pedagogical parts. These include the following data:

• features of the child’s behavior (discipline, obstinacy, determination, conflict, degree of aggressiveness, physical activity, degree of assimilation of pedagogical influence or upbringing);
• individual psychological characteristics (self-esteem, level of anxiety, poise, desire for success or ambition, what feelings arouse among others);
• family influence (emotional atmosphere in the family, closeness and confidentiality of relations, degree of control and interest of parents in the life of the child, student independence, degree of cooperation between parents and teachers).

The psychological and pedagogical characteristics of the student may also include information on the child’s propensity for deviant behavior. In this case, it is necessary to indicate which specific examples indicate this.

Sample document

Samples of characteristics for students can be compiled by teachers as a good example, which will further facilitate the work with documentation. The following is a similar sample.

Stepanov Stepan has been studying at this school since the first grade. During this time, he proved to be an active, well-performing student.

He is brought up in a complete, prosperous family. Relations with parents are trusting, friendly. Father and mother are actively interested in the school life of their son, take part in the work of the parent committee of the class.

Stepan is an excellent student. Of particular interest to the subjects of the humanitarian cycle. He takes part in the annual history Olympiad, 2 times was the winner of the district stage of the competition. He treats the educational process with genuine interest, reads a lot, attends a circle of book lovers. It aims to enter the university at the Faculty of History and work as an archaeologist.

Stepan is stubborn in achieving goals, likes to be a leader in the school team. Classmates consider his opinion authoritative. To teachers shows respect.

By nature, Stepan is calm, confident, friendly and open. Likes to communicate, participate in collective events. Social work is responsible.

He is additionally fond of playing the guitar and training his dog.

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