Personal self-improvement as one of the main creative factors of lifelong education

Abstract

The article examines the important issue of modern education, improving the level of professional competence of a modern teacher through personal self-improvement. The approaches that characterize a creative, proactive teacher who can ensure the development and formation of personality are revealed. The professional competence of a modern pedagogical worker is formed under the condition of personal self-improvement. The concept of personal self-improvement is considered

An analysis of the methodological principles of the study of the problem of personal self-improvement in the context of the development of the professional competence of a modern pedagogical worker is offered. The problem of lifelong learning as self-improvement of the future teacher is highlighted. The work shows the results of the analysis of theoretical approaches regarding the continuous professional self-improvement of the individual as a creative factor of lifelong education.

The author chooses the acmeological approach as the theoretical basis of the research, since the personality according to this approach is oriented towards the highest achievements in professional self-improvement, and the core in this process is the idea of ​​«self». The author distinguishes between the concepts of «self-development» and «self-improvement» of an individual. Self-development of the individual is considered as a self-creating type of concept that is part of the generic concept of "development" and includes the class concept of «self-improvement». The presented structure of professional self-improvement consists of target, substantive, instrumental, practical and corrective components. Based on the work of researchers in the field of educational sciences, his own experimental studies, the author clarifies the essential characteristics and structural components of the personal self-improvement of teachers. It is determined that an important prerequisite for the process of self-improvement is the attitude of the specialist himself to the proposed requirements The author proves that personal innovative changes primarily depend on the teacher, his creative potential, preparation for continuous self-education or lifelong learning. It is substantiated that with the perfect organization of self-education classes, the professional skill of teachers is constantly improved, their creative activity as a result of which the authority of teachers among students, parents and colleagues is formed.