The Real and the Ideal Student Image for Teacher Similarities and Differences

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The Real and the Ideal Student Image for Teacher:

Similarities and Differences

Patimat Sh. Alieva *, Pari G. Shuaipova , Rimma R. Khanmurzina , Valentin V. Matvienko ,

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Olga V. Popova , Irina A. Admiralova , Mikhail V. Kostennikov

¹North-Caucasian Institute (Branch), All-Russian State University of Justice (RPA of the Ministry of Justice or Russia),

Makhachkala, Russia, E-mail: patima.alieva@yandex.ru

Rostov Institute (Branch), All-Russian State University of Justice (RPA of the Ministry of Justice or Russia), Rostov on Don,

Russia, E-mail: Shuaypova67@mail.ru

Department of Pedagogical Psychology and Pedagogics, Kazan Innovative University named after V. G. Timiryasov, Kazan, Russia,

E-mail: rimmulya_19@mail.ru

Department of Theory and History of Journalism, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia,

E-mail: matvienko-vv@rudn.ru

Department of Legal Regulation of Economic Activity, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation,

Moscow, Russia, E-mail: helga-popova@yandex.ru

Department of Private Law, State University of Management, Moscow, Russia, E-mail: irina_adm@mail.ru

Department of Training of Police Officers in the Protection of Public Order and Units on Migration, All-Russian Institute of

Advanced Training of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Moscow, Russia, E-mail: m-2263768@yandex.ru

Corresponding author email: patima.alieva@yandex.ru

Received: 27/04/2019

Accepted: 10/08/2019

Published: 20/08/2019

Abstract

Relevance of the research: the Relevance of the topic is conditioned by the fact that in the process of learning in higher education

there is further socialization, personal growth and professional development of a young man. The formation of the image of the

student is largely determined by the requirements that employers and modern workplaces will impose on young professionals, so the

study of the image of the student is not only of certain scientific interest, but also of undoubted practical importance. In this regard, it

is of particular importance to study the image of students through the eyes of teachers, as it is they who train future specialists. The

aim of the study is to analyze the real and ideal image of the student through the eyes of teachers. Research methods: the Leading

method for the study of this problem is the interview method, which allows analyzing the teachers' ideas about the attitude to

learning, the relationship between them and the teacher of an ideal and real student. The results of the study: the paper compares the

images of the ideal and the real student in the eyes of the teacher. It allocates differences between the ideal and the real image of the

student according to the criteria: attitude to study; level of knowledge; relationship between students; attitude to teachers. The novelty

and originality of the study lies in the fact that the differences between the real and the ideal image of the student in the views of

teachers are shown. It is allocated that according to teachers the level of knowledge of students significantly decreases, and from year

to year. They have been observing this negative trend for quite a long time. It is revealed that teachers do not see serious conflicts and

are satisfied with the atmosphere in student groups. It is determined that the attitude of students directly to the teaching staff is mostly

respectful, the student feels that the teacher is a step higher, but, nevertheless, are not afraid to ask a question when something is

unclear. The ideal image of the student for the teacher is defined: the students' attitude to educational activity must depend on a high

level of motivation; the student must learn new things because of their own interest; the main indicator of the ideal level of

knowledge is that the student will be able to apply their knowledge and skills in practice; it is not necessary to create student groups

like family, first of all, it should be a business relationship based on cooperation and mutual support; ideal relationships between

students and teachers are defined as readiness for partnership, understanding of the principles of organization of the learning process,

readiness for constant dialogue. Practical significance: the data obtained in the work can be used in the psychology of labor, social

psychology, pedagogy, age psychology, sociology, as well as for the further theoretical development of this issue.

Keywords: Student Youth, Ideal and Real Image, Teacher

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likeness, understood as a set of not only material (visible)

characteristics of the object, but also ideal (not visible)

characteristics (7, 12, 14, 16, 17, 24).

Introduction

Students represent the most educated and advanced part

of the student youth, which will be the basis for the

innovative development of society in the near future.

Specialist in the field of psychology, A.Yu. Panasyuk

(

2007) says: "...the image of an object is an emotionally

Personal and professional development of the student is

reflected in the formation of the image of the ideal student.

This image is formed through the active participation of the

student and the environment that is formed around him/her:

communication with teachers, fellow students (23). In the

philosophical interpretation of the concept of image is one of

the basic concepts of the theory of knowledge, which

characterizes the result of the reflected cognitive activity of

the subject. The image is the result and the ideal form of

reflection of the object in the human consciousness, which

occurs in the conditions of social and historical practice, on

the basis and in the form of sign systems. At the sensual stage

of cognition of the image are sensations, perceptions (2).

Social reforms that originate from the end of the last

century, every day more and more penetrate into all spheres

of life of our society. In order to get used to the new social,

cultural and economic conditions, it is necessary to resort to

adaptation (1,13, 18). It, in turn, implies qualitative changes

in the way of life of people, which directly affects their

perception of the world, and primarily the image of the world

of students. Young people, trying on the image of the student,

during the entire period of training adjust it, sometimes for

the better, sometimes not. Thus, the image of the student

undergoes various changes in the process of mastering the

profession by the student. The concept of image has been

widely used in various fields of knowledge: sociology,

psychology, political science, anthropology, cultural studies

colored opinion about an object that arises in the psyche, in

the sphere of consciousness or in the subconscious of a

certain group of people on the basis of an image that was

purposefully formed or involuntarily in the psyche as a result

of direct or indirect perception of certain characteristics of

this object..." (15). To the study of the image of the student

and its socio-psychological characteristics paid attention O.A.

Zherebnenko (2008). In his opinion, the socio-psychological

characteristics of the image of the University student are

determined by the optimal combination of components and

manifested in the structure of personality at the level of

motivational, subjective-activity and socio-psychological

spheres of personality.

The ideal student is one who is dominated by business

and personal characteristics. This is a person with extensive

multilateral interests, but whose main area of interest is study

and future profession. Other studies are also interesting. For

Example, T.N. Strabakhina and E.V. Krekshina (2014) have

devoted their research to the professional image of the

student. This image is a mental structure governing the

establishment of a specialist. According to the authors, the

mental image of the profession as a direct reflection of the

target components of the mental regulation of professional

activity and training is a complex structure. The image may

include primary, secondary images, emotional anticipation,

mnemic components and other components.

(

18, 20). In its content, it has become interdisciplinary, is

formed in the categorical field of many Sciences and is

interpreted in accordance with their characteristics, goals and

objectives.

2 Materials and Methods

To study the ideal and real image of the student, we used

the criteria developed in the technique of group assessment of

personality (GAP) (27). Such criteria as relevance to learning

activities; level of knowledge; relationship with classmates;

the attitude to the teachers.

Many authors as quite promising recognize the approach

to the study of the image of students from the position of how

it changes over time. Based on this, we can find a number of

studies on this topic. As for other socio - psychological

studies of students, it should be mentioned that some of them

pay attention to the adaptation of former students to the

University environment (3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 19, 21, 25, 28).

E.G. Isaeva (1988) in the research proves that success of

adaptation process of today's student to conditions of activity

of educational student group in the majority depends on what

status the concrete person occupied in the former

environment. It turned out that the most difficult was to adapt

for those former students who in their former social

environment took a clearly expressed position of informal

leaders, and the most easily adapted to the new conditions,

those who had an average status in the team.

It should be noted, in part, the concepts of image and

likeness of the student are synonymous with each other. Thus,

the image of the student is created in the perception of others

image of the learner. In English, the term image has not one

meaning, but five: image, statue, likeness, metaphor, and

icon. As for professional literature, which is devoted to the

study of image, the term image is mostly used in a sense that

could be formulated as follows: "reflection in the human

psyche in the form of an image of certain characteristics of an

object or phenomenon" (6) the Term image is interpreted as

Based on these criteria, to achieve the goal of the study,

the following tasks are set:

To study how teachers evaluate the real attitude of

students to learning activities, and how they see the ideal

attitude.

To find out how teachers assess the real level of

knowledge of students, and how they see the ideal level of

knowledge.

To study how teachers assess the real relationship

between students, and how they see the ideal relationship.

To study how teachers evaluate the real attitude to them,

and how they see the ideal attitude to the teacher.

In the study, teachers were asked the following questions:

How long have you been teaching?

Do you like working with students?

How would you assess the real attitude of students to

learning activities?

How do you see the ideal attitude of students to learning

activities?

How do you assess the real level of students’ knowledge

of our University?

How do you see the ideal level of knowledge of our

students?

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How do you assess the real relationship between

students?

How do you see the ideal relationship between students?

How do you assess the real attitude of students to you as

a teacher?

spending time on the Internet 39,54%; doing household

chores 16,38%; walking down the street 12,7%; reading

books 10,17%; doing sports 8,48%; watching TV 6,78%;

visiting cultural institutions (theaters, museums, discos)

6,22%.

How do you see the ideal attitude of students to teachers?

The empirical study was conducted using a qualitative

approach by interviewing. A total of 13 informant teachers

and 153 students were interviewed.

The most typical daily leisure activities are listening to

music; computer games, Internet; watching TV. It can be

assumed that these activities are associated with the presence

of certain means of information and communication, that is,

they are mediated, and assume a kind of passive leisure, that

is, the consumption of existing products of creativity. In

addition, these activities may be carried out alone, that is,

some individual leisure. Duration of Internet use in free time:

more than 5 hours a day 48.66%; less than 5 hours a day

Results

First, we found out how long the informants have been

engaged in teaching, and whether they like to work with

students in General. The majority noted that they have been

teaching for quite a long time (87%). Some teachers note that

they are able to establish contact with most of the students

and get feedback from them.

26.74%; less than 3 hours a day 19.79%; less than 1 hour a

day 4.28%; does not use 0.54%. A significant number of

students use the Internet more than 5 hours a day. Among

them are fans of electronic books. The rest use the Internet to

communicate in the social networks, games, etc.

Then we analyzed the answers of teachers regarding the

ideal level of knowledge of the student. Thus, teachers

associate the ideal level of knowledge with how the student

will be able to further apply their knowledge in practice. In

their opinion, it will be an indicator of their professionalism.

It should be noted that many teachers ideally wanted to

have students with a level of knowledge that would exceed

what students have now.

Regarding the real relationship, all informants agree that

student groups are a friendly and cohesive team. Some

informants argue that they like the fact that in groups there

are certain unspoken rules and regulations that contribute to a

productive learning process. These rules prevent all kinds of

conflicts that may arise in the learning process. As for the

ideal relationship, in General, teachers see the ideal picture of

the relationship as mutual respect, mutual support, business,

motivating competition. That is, the ideal relationship

between the student and the teacher is, above all, professional

and partnership.

As part of the first task of our study, teachers were asked

about the real attitude of students to learning activities, and

how they see the ideal attitude. After analyzing the data on

the real attitude of students to learning activities, we found

that some teachers (54%) divide students into certain groups.

Another part of teachers (31%) tends to argue that the attitude

to learning is closely related to the motivation for learning

itself, because the level of motivation depends on the interest

in learning and learning new material in the framework of

training. As for the ideal attitude of the student to educational

activities, many teachers had a similar opinion on this matter.

One of the informants notes: "the Ideal attitude is when a

student is involved in the learning process, who has burning

eyes." He is interested, he is a kind of nerd, but one that does

not just memorize the material, but also has his/her own

opinion" (J., 46 years). On the other hand: "Well, ideally -…/

burning eyes, it is desire to do more than asked. The ideal

picture is the desire to learn more than was said" (J., 34

years). In addition, some teachers noted that the ideal attitude

to learning was formed through high motivation and interest

of the student.

The teacher, in any case, is a person with a higher status

than the student is. The student must show respect for

professional experience, which is initially given to students in

advance, but must be supported during training. Many argue

that there should be no familiarity, conflict, something

personal in the teacher-student relationship.

The next task of our study was to identify the real and

ideal level of knowledge of students, according to teachers. In

this regard, the opinion of teachers is divided: one part is

satisfied with the real level of knowledge in General. They

claim that students learn the material and can, if necessary,

apply their knowledge in practice. As for those who are not

satisfied with the real level of knowledge of students, these

teachers say that the students did not come for knowledge,

but for obtaining the actual diploma.

In addition, some respondents claim that every year they

have to reduce the requirements for students, otherwise they

will not be able to get credit or exam. That is, students do not

want to delve into the material and only spend their time,

attending classes. Some teachers tend to argue that the level

of knowledge is reduced because many students abuse

Internet technologies and do not want to think for themselves.

They are more important to pass the work on time with the

least effort.

4 Discussions

Teachers are generally satisfied with the real attitude of

students to learning activities, but associate this attitude with

the level of involvement in the educational process.

Speaking about the ideal attitude of students to learning

activities, most respondents associate it with a high level of

motivation, the desire to comprehend and understand the

training material.

Some teachers are satisfied with the real level of

knowledge of students, the other part is not. The first claim

that students at 75-85% mastered the material. The latter

believe that the majority of students came only for the

diploma and are not interested in obtaining in-depth

knowledge of their specialty. The ideal level of knowledge

for most teachers is directly related to whether students are

able to apply their knowledge in practice.

Internet in the student's life deprives them of the main

thing - to think independently, to look for materials and write

diplomas, to think how to make diagrams and graphs.

We have clarified the students about the most frequent

forms of their leisure. And received the following answers:

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Teachers are quite satisfied with the real relationship

between students. They all agree that the atmosphere inside

the student groups is friendly; students are able to work in a

team, which has a positive impact on the learning process.

Teachers note that the real the relationship between students

is close to perfect. The ideal relationship, in their opinion, is

based on mutual support, cooperation and healthy

competition.

Regarding the real attitude of students to teachers, the

majority of respondents noted that they are satisfied with the

fact that they are respected, treated with a certain reverence.

The ideal relationship between the teacher and the students,

the respondents identified as follows: a relationship in which

there is partnership, an understanding of the principles of the

organization of the learning process, readiness for constant

dialogue, and, of course, interest in the subject on both sides.

group, developed and changed in connection with social,

economic and political factors and what is a modern student,

is largely the result of cultural heritage, and not only

associated with historical events.

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