Teaching in the Changed Social Environment and Inner Dispositions of the Teacher for Sociopedagogical Work

Abstract

The article provides some different views of the changes in the social context influencing the practice of the teaching profession, shows teaching as one of the so-called helping professions, clarifies the ethical dimension of the sociopedagogical relationship and elaborates on the individual’s disposition for teaching, including specific risk factors.

Keywords

• Discourse
• subject
• truth
• reality
• ethics of obligation
• ethics of responsibility
• social order
• virtual reality
• identity
• teaching profession
• helping professions
• sociopedagogical assistance
• teacher-pupil relationship
• authenticity
• empathy