The teacher is always an example for students. How successfully he can teach and raise children depends not only on knowledge of the subject, but also on the level of pedagogical culture.
Definition
Pedagogical culture is a characteristic of the personality of the teacher, his behavior in the conditions of upbringing and educational activities.
In some cases, they also speak of psychological and pedagogical culture - a specific professional category, with the help of which the degree of mastery of the pedagogical experience by the teacher is indicated.
The teacher is a role model. He must work hard on himself, because his main task is to transfer knowledge at a high level, to foster love for his subject or profession, educational institution, and homeland.
The main qualities of the teacher
When analyzing such a concept as the pedagogical culture of a teacher, it should be noted that the main personal qualities that a teacher should have are high morality, intelligence, erudition.
A good teacher is always friendly, shows interest in each student. The teacher, who has a high culture, is consistent, thoughtfully analyzes behavior and actions, knows how to put himself in the place of the student and help him, believes in each student.
A good teacher has the following moral qualities:
- honesty;
- adherence to principles;
- dedication;
- tact;
- love for children and their work.
The presence of these character traits determines the level of the teacher’s culture , his ability to influence the educational process.
The teacher’s culture provides for the presence of a pedagogical orientation of the personality, which reflects a person’s predisposition to educational activities, his ability to achieve goals.
Without a broad outlook, at least the basics of psychological and pedagogical erudition, tolerant attitude, calmness and determination, the desire to improve in their profession, the ability to organize joint activities, the teacher will not be able to achieve their goals.
It is not enough to know your subject perfectly, you must be able to express your knowledge in an interesting and intelligible way.
The formation of a pedagogical culture should begin in the first year of university. And the teacher is obliged to improve his skills throughout the entire time of work.
Main components
The main components of pedagogical culture are:
- Pedagogical beat.
- A culture of speech.
- Erudition.
- Pedagogical technique.
- Appearance.
Further we will consider them in more detail.
Functions
The pedagogical culture of the teacher contributes to the following functions:
- Transfer of knowledge, skills and abilities.
- The formation of the worldview of students.
- The development of intellectual abilities of pupils.
- Ensuring the conscious assimilation of moral principles and behavioral skills in society.
- The formation of aesthetic taste.
- Strengthening physical and emotional health.
Pedagogical beat
Pedagogical tact - the ability of the teacher to correctly express their requirements and requests. A good teacher knows how to demand the fulfillment of certain tasks without rudeness and pickiness. The teacher is able to give orders in the form of a request, but at the same time, his request does not look like a begging.
High psychological and pedagogical culture provides for the ability to carefully listen to the interlocutor, regardless of his personality. It does not matter for the teacher whether he is speaking with a boy or girl, an adult or a child. He will listen to his interlocutor even if the statement is not entirely true, and only then will express his opinion. Again, gently, without rudeness and ridicule.
A culture of speech
One of the main components of pedagogical culture is the culture of speech. The most important thing for a teacher is the ability to communicate with both children and their parents. The profession of a teacher refers to the type of "man-man." Without the ability to correctly express their thoughts, correctly formulate them, there can be no talk of achieving success in pedagogical activity.
The main components of pedagogical culture are the verbal and non-verbal culture of communication.
Verbal communication refers directly to speech and its design. The teacher should have the following qualities:
- Literate speech, which involves compliance with grammatical, stylistic and orthoepic norms of the Russian language.
- Expressiveness - the teacher should be able to speak with expression, intonationally correctly formulate statements. Monotonicity in the presentation of the material is excluded.
- Volume. The teacher needs to speak at a volume that is optimal for the audience. You should not speak quietly, but you should not shout.
- The purity of speech. The use of tautology in speech, parasite words, is excluded.
- A wealth of speech. It is characterized by the use of synonyms, proverbs and sayings, phraseological units.
- In addition, speaking about the culture of verbal communication, it is customary to mention the correctness of breathing in speech, its clarity.
Pedagogical culture is a whole complex of skills that have been comprehended and improved over the years.
Non-verbal culture of communication includes gestures, facial expressions, postures, eye contact and touch. The teacher must learn to control his body, be able to show that he is open to his students, listens carefully to them or awaits an answer. A good teacher can only show with a glance that the student is wrong.
Erudition
One of the main components is erudition. A good teacher has a broad outlook. He can not only answer any question related to his subject, but also tell many other interesting things that are not related to his direct activity.
For the development of erudition, the teacher needs to read a lot, watch popular science programs, and follow the news.
Quite often, students test their teachers by asking tricky questions, and if you can’t find the answer to them, you will lose the respect of the pupils forever.
Educational technology
Pedagogical equipment consists of a whole class of components. This includes the ability to control the voice, facial expressions, posture, behavior, and attitude towards students.
This is the ability to understand others, empathize with them, the ability to reveal the creative potential of students.
A teacher who is fluent in pedagogical techniques can easily and quickly organize collective activities. He is for the development of democratic self-government, collective creativity.
Pedagogical culture is also the attitude of the teacher to himself: interest in successful teaching and educational work, orientation to professional and personal growth, introspection.
Appearance
The culture of pedagogical activity pays a lot of attention to the appearance of the teacher. This is the ability to dress, look appropriate to the position.
If a teacher looks neat and tidy, elegantly dresses, moderately uses cosmetics - he is an example to follow. Remember at least your attitude towards teachers. Surely those teachers who were careless in their appearance caused disregard for yourself and you.
In addition, speaking about the appearance of the teacher, it should be noted that he must not only look good, but also be confident in himself, respect himself as a person and demand the same from his students.
conclusions
Pedagogical culture is a series of qualities and skills that a teacher must possess in order to successfully conduct his teaching activities. The teacher must constantly improve and work on himself, constantly improve his culture as a teacher.