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Necessary Skills and Competencies of the 21st Century Teacher – Croatian and Polish Students’ Attitudes

Nowadays, changes are taking place both in the society and in the living environment and, accordingly, in the educational system as its important part. These changes contribute to theconsideration about the role of the contemporary educator and the redefinition of his / her function in the modern world. To build a better education and “the school of tomorrow”, today’s students of teaching majors should have a vision about the competencies and characteristics of a good and effective teacher for the 21st century because they are the future of our education systems. The purpose of the research presented in this article was to explore what teacher competencies students deem most important for the teaching profession and to examine if there are differences in the estimation of the importance of the particular competencies between the students from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, Croatia and the students from the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Silesia, Poland. The sample consisted of 100 respondents, included 52 students from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split and 48 students from the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Silesia, all in their final years of studies after which they will become graduates of education. The research was conducted through a questionnaire that contained statements about particular teachers’ competencies, and an interview with 5 Croatian and 5 Polish students, for the purpose of gaining a better insight in the research problem we were interested in. The results showed that the participants ranked highly all the competences that were offered in the questionnaire. The lowest rank was M=3, 51, and highest was M=4, 77. There were also found some differences in estimation of the importance of some competences between the group of Croatian and Polish students.

competencies ; modern age teacher ; neoteric education, skills ; students

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