Teacher as a transmitter of tradition, values and meanings: Features of the training strategy
- DOI
- 10.5922/vestnikpsy-2026-1-9
- Pages
- 107-116
Abstract
The relevance of this study is underscored by the current deficiencies in the content of teacher education regarding anthropological and axiological issues. The aim of the article is to justify the necessity of adopting a strategy for preparing teachers as transmitters of traditions, values, and meanings. The research methodology is based on axiological, anthropological, and cultural approaches. The analysis of the current educational context and associated risks — including information accessibility, the adoption of distance learning technologies, the focus of teacher training on instrumental knowledge and skills, and the digital transformation of the socio-cultural space—leads the author to argue for strengthening the humanitarian component in the content of teacher education. A special role in fostering students’ orientation toward accepting and following traditional spiritual and moral values is attributed to the creation of a unified socio-cultural environment of like-minded individuals within the educational institution, offering students elective exposure to religious and cultural directions, anthropology, and pedagogy, and emphasizing dialogue in discussions of axiological and anthropological issues in teaching, upbringing, and personal development. Using the example of teacher training in a confessional higher education institution, the article demonstrates the logic by which students identify and internalize values and meanings both in psychological and pedagogical knowledge and in the content of natural sciences.