SOME ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM OF PROFESSIONAL BURNOUT OF TEACHERS

Abstract

The article considers some aspect of professional burnout of high school lecturers. Indicates internal and external reasons of this phenomenon. Internal reasons include personal qualities and psychological characteristics of the teacher. External problems include problems in the educational system related to the existing social problems, as well as problems related to the modern features of the higher education system: insufficient social status of a University teacher, which has fallen significantly since the Soviet Union, a large classroom workload, a large workload of bureaucratic work, which is often perceived by teachers as absolutely unnecessary. The problem is also considered in the aspect of the concepts of «purpose» and «means», «rational and irrational». According to our concept, through the analysis of the categories «goal», «means», «result» can not be given heuristically acceptable definition of irrational activity, but by analyzing the ratios of the goal, means and the result it is possible to identify situations that contribute to the manifestation of the «phenomenon of irrationality». Most often, the emergence of the «irrationality phenomenon» is caused by various factors, including such as an incorrectly chosen goal, which in fact does not meet the interests of the target subject, or unconsciousness by the subject of his goals and interests, as well as a change in value priorities in the process of activity. A common factor, especially in social activities, leading to the phenomenon of irrationality is the substitution of the goal by means of its achievement.