TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS AS A SCIENTIFICO-PRACTICAL PROBLEM

A specificity is shown of a scientifico-practical approach in psychology. Psychological difficulties are analyzed when the teacher applies in practice psychological-pedagogical knowledge. The discrepancy between the content, methods of pedagogical education, on the one hand, the nature, composition of teacher's professional consciousness as a regulator of pedagogical activity, on the other, is regarded as a psychological cause eliciting difficulties in the teacher when this knowledge is applied in practice. A problem is raised of the differentiation between professional consciousness of the pedagogue - teacher and pedagogue - practician. The content of the phenomenon <<teacher's professional consciousness>> is described.