ROLE-RELATED POSITIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF A MODERN TEACHER IN THE CONTEXT OF MODERNIZATION OF EDUCATION

Abstract

The article studies a problem of role-based positions and the functions performed by a teacher, the relevance of which is due to the modernization of education, the creation of an innovative and competitive learning system with relevant content of academic subjects, the introduction of gaming, information and communication, and digital technologies into the educational process. The content of the basic concepts is considered: a role position, function, pedagogical activity, functional analysis of pedagogical activity. A meaningful description of the teacher’s role position is given, a range of functions and their corresponding roles are presented. One of the conditions influencing the expansion of the roles and functions of a modern teacher is the digital educational environment. The article presents results of an empirical study to identify the level of knowledge about the role position and leading functions performed by modern young teachers, as well as communicative and organizational inclinations that affect the performance of roles and functions. The obtained results make it possible to determine a promising direction for further research, which is forming of a functional and role-related position of a modern teacher.