Aspects of a Categorization of the Concept "Personality" in the Professional Consciousness of Teachers - An Example from Belarus

Abstract

The article presents research results of the concept of “personality” in the categorical grid of consciousness of primary and secondary school teachers. The data obtained demonstrate the presence of orientation in the teachers minds and activities to the implementation of personality-oriented, humanistic models of learning. At the same time, the structure of the concept of “personality” revealed in the pedagogical consciousness is not cognitively complex and holistic, which determines the specific tasks of psychological education to clarify and enrich teachers' perceptions of personality.