PROFESSIONALLY IMPORTANT QUALITIES OF THE MODERN TEACHER OF PRIMARY SCHOOL
The article has theoretically substantiated the social portrait of the teacher of the New Ukrainian School and highlighted the professionally important qualities of a modern teacher. The purpose of the research has been to identify the opinions and ideas of various social groups about the professionally important qualities of a modern primary school teacher in order to improve their professional training in the implementation of various educational programs. In order to highlight the dominant professional qualities of a modern primary school teacher, we have used empirical research methods, such as arbitrary interviews, author's questionnaires according to the method of S. Shevchenko and statistical processing of the obtained results. The authors have established an integrative definition of professionally important qualities as a set of important general personal qualities of a person that are necessary for the successful performance of professional activities, directly affected by the quality of performed work. The authors have revealed the components of the category “professionally important personality traits of a primary school teacher”, such as integrative, psychophysiological, emotional and volitional, personal, which contribute to its successful professional implementation in the chosen activity. They have studied the results of teachers' questionnaires, junior schoolchildren and their parents concerning professionally important qualities of a modern primary school teacher. Keywords: modern primary school teacher; junior students; professionally operational quality; professional quality of primary school teacher; communicativeness; tolerance; efficiency; creativity.