THE ESSENCE, STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF A HIGHER SCHOOL TEACHER''S PROFESSIONALISM
The article deals with the problems of formation of professionalism of a teacher of the higher school in the conditions of modernization of education. The structure and contents of professional standard of a teacher of general, average professional and higher education are analyzed. On the basis of specification of the terms “qualification”, “competence” and “professionalism” the main functions of the professional standard of a teacher are revealed and need of use of the concept “professionalism of a teacher” as integrated characteristic of the expert is substantiated. The necessity of creating and developing the structure of the qualification and competence-based card of professionalism of the teacher is developed. Features of substantial, personal and technological blocks of the card are illustrated on the example of the substantial part of competence-based card of associate professor and full professor of mathematical faculty of pedagogical university. The possibilities of improving the process of becoming a teacher in the modern conditions are analyzed.