Features of self-presentation of Russian teachers with different levels of empathy

Introduction. The modern educator needs to master new forms and methods of effective communication in his or her professional life. The problem of teachers' self-efficacy and successful self-presentation tactics is very relevant. In this regard, it becomes productive to study the relationship of empathy with self-presentation strategies and teaching styles among school teachers. The purpose of the article was to determine the relationship of empathy with the tactics of self-presentation of teachers. The main research methods are the “Teacher Empathy Scale” (Wang, et al, 2022), the questionnaire “Teacher Roles Scale” (Stojiljković, et al, 2012) and the questionnaire “Scale of self-presentation tac-tics” (Lee, et al, 1999). 116 teachers from the regions of Russia took part in the survey, 94.5% of them were women. SPSS 19.0 programs were used for data processing. Re-search results: the most common tactics of self-presentation among Russian teachers are apology, role model and renunciation. Among the least popular are bullying, negative evaluation of others, exaggeration of their achievements. The tactics of self-presentation were associated with the level of empathy: the closest relationship was revealed with the tactics of “attractive behavior” and “request/ plea”. The tactics of self-presentation turned out to be interrelated with the teaching roles: the pedagogical role is intercon-nected with the tactics of “hindering oneself” and “communicating one's achievements”, as well as “an example to follow”. The motivational role is interconnected with the tac-tics of “hindering oneself”, the cognitive-diagnostic role is interconnected with the tac-tics of “role model”. The role in affective interaction is interrelated with the tactics of self-presentation: “justification with denial of responsibility”, “justification with ac-ceptance of responsibility”, as well as with “desire/effort to please”. Conclusions: the most preferred strategies of self-presentation among Russian teachers are avoidance as evasion of responsibility and avoidance of decisive actions and attractive behavior as behavior that causes a favorable impression of the subject of self-presentation. This should be taken into account when building work with teachers in the school system.