The significance of I. Ziaziun’s educational heritage for the formation of the personality of a teacher of the XXI century is analyzed in the article. It is emphasized that the idea of a teacher is one of the main subjects of his pedagogical heritage, which the scientist gave almost all his time. The notion “teacher”, in accordance with I. Ziaziun’s ideas, has been defined. The role and personality of a teacher in world history from the ancient times to the modern period is revealed. The author focuses on the peculiarities of the attitude towards the teacher’s profession in Ukraine and its national cultural traditions in different historical periods, in particular during the epoch of Tsarism and Soviet power, which, in spite of everything, were presented to the world by the world’s leading teachers, world-class teachers and practitioners – N. Pirohov and K. Ushynskii, A. Makarenko and V. Sukhomlynskii. The sacrament remains not only their ingenious heritage, which is being studied today in the whole civilized world, but also how they could create a similar in context and in spite of the era in which they lived, experiencing its grandiose ups and no less grandiose falls. The situation in the pedagogical space of modern Ukraine, the peculiarities and problems of preparing a new teacher, which could find answers to the challenges of the era and realize them in daily educational practice, is described. The characteristics of the teacher of a new generation, successful and liberated from stereotypes, linguistically competent, a researcher, an innovator, etc. are determined.The views of I. Ziaziun on the academic teacher’s look, his professional qualities, their formation at the pedagogical university, etc. are determined by the author completely accordant to new approaches, which are initiated by the Law of Ukraine “On Education” (2017) and the Project “New Ukrainian School”.
THE IDEA OF A TEACHER IN ACADEMICIAN IVAN ZIAZIUN’S PEDAGOGICAL HERITAGE
