PROFESSIONAL PERSONALITY OF THE TEACHER: INTERPRETATIONS AND HYPOTHESES
Modernization of the Russian education has actualized the problem of improving the quality of vocational training of teachers, which should be aimed primarily at the formation of a professional (or pedagogical) personality of the teacher. The article substantiates the concept of «professional (or pedagogical) personality of the teacher» as a new pedagogical phenomenon that is explored from the perspective of essence, content and achievement offundamentally important goals and personally significant meanings of pedagogical activity.