FEATURES OF A TEACHER'S PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY IN MODERN CONDITIONS

The article is relevant in the context of the urgency of improving the activities of a modern teacher in today's conditions. This profession has the highest responsibility and honour, as it affects the formation of future generations of people in Ukraine. The article reveals the pedagogical views of the world-famous Czech teacher J.A. Comenius as the founder of the theory of learning, who proposed the system of education, school organisation, and worked out the basic qualifications for a teacher. The authors analyse the pedagogical heritage of K.D. Ushynsky, who wrote many works on the theory of pedagogy. He believed that a teacher is a personality who should constantly strive for self-development and self-improvement and perform two main functions – to teach and to educate. The article emphasises the importance of studying and implementing the pedagogical heritage of V.O. Sukhomlynskyi, who made a significant contribution to pedagogical science. The purpose of the article is to analyse the professional activity of a teacher on the basis of the pedagogical achievements of prominent scientists of previous generations, in order to improve the teacher-student communication interaction in the modern world. The authors examine the main aspects of the “Wheel of Life Balance”, taking into account the profession of a 21st century teacher, with the aim of improving the effectiveness of teaching and upbringing the younger generation. The practical value of the proposed scientific article is to highlight the achievements of outstanding teachers of the past, the qualifications for a teacher, as well as the proposed provisions of the “Wheel of Life Balance” in relation to the professional activity of a modern teacher.