TEACHER’S WORK UNDER CONSTANT STRESS IS A CURRENT TREND

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to highlight problematic issues in the country’s higher education system, namely, to analyze the situation that has developed in the higher education system in recent years, to trace the trends that have emerged in their dynamics, to identify the root causes and possible consequences of these trends. We are talking about the work of teachers in a constant state of stress, which is a negative trend today. The consequence of teachers working in such conditions is the emergence of a professional burnout syndrome, which may be a planned process of artificial reduction of the teaching staff. The assumption presented in the article is supported by examples of constant changes in the requirements for teachers in accordance with the Licensing Conditions for Educational Activities, which complicate their implementation. Several factors contributing to professional burnout of teachers were analyzed, namely: 1) lack of time to perform professional functions against the background of increasing volumes of work with documentation; 2) work overload, exceeding the norm of working hours; 3) low level of material motivation with significant volumes of work performed. In an environment where the concept of “higher education standards” is being replaced by the concept of “standardization of higher education”, attention should be paid to the widespread use of digital technologies in the field of education. It is announced that digital educational technologies are understood as the use of various electronic tools and software to improve the quality of learning and ensure access to knowledge for students and teachers. The article also attempted to draw attention to a new current trend – digitalization, which has both its advantages and disadvantages in education. This trend confidently entered the educational space with the COVID-19 pandemic and the spread of hostilities in the country. It is noted that the comprehensive digitalization of the educational process is gaining momentum, which can lead to unpredictable negative consequences for both the individual and society as a whole. While working on the article, the methods of observation and comparison, the method of expert assessments, the method of unity of analysis and synthesis, and the modeling method were used.