Features of the attitude to professional activity of specialists of professional development centers for teachers with psychological well-being’ different levels

Bondarchuk Olena; Nataliya Hordiienko

doi:10.48020/mppj.2022.02.02

Bondarchuk Olena Central Institute of Postgraduate Education of the University of Educational Management https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3920-242X
Nataliya Hordiienko Central Institute of Postgraduate Education of the University of Educational Management https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0688-5626

DOI: https://doi.org/10.48020/mppj.2022.02.02

Keywords: specialists of professional development centers for teachers, attitude to the professional activities, psychological well-being.

Abstract

The article presents the results of an empirical study of the peculiarities of the attitude to the professional activity of specialists of centers for the professional development of teachers with different levels of psychological well-being. According to the results of empirical research, it was found that about half of the studied specialists of centers of professional development of pedagogical workers have an insufficiently positive attitude towards professional activity.

The data of the cluster analysis are presented, according to which the distribution of the researched specialists of the centers of professional development of pedagogical workers according to the modality of attitude towards professional activity as a whole was revealed.

The data on the differences in the manifestations of attitudes towards professional activity depending on the gender and age of specialists are given, it is shown that with age the positive attitude towards work increases among women, while it worsens among male specialists. it is shown that the positive attitude towards work improves among older women, while it worsens among male specialists

The results of the dispersion analysis of the characteristics of the attitude of specialists of centers of professional development of pedagogical workers towards professional activities, which are characterized by different levels of psychological well-being, are highlighted. It is shown that the higher the level of psychological well-being, the better the attitude of specialists of centers of professional development of pedagogical workers towards professional activity.

Attention is focused on the expediency of supporting the psychological well-being of educators as an important factor in their professional activity.

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