ROLE OF PERSONAL RESOURCES IN SHAPING TEACHERS’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESOURCE PROFILE

Abstract

The article considers the question of which personal resources play the key role in forming the teachers’ understanding about themselves as resource-rich. The study showed that the majority of teachers do not consider they have enough resources, while the specifics of professional activities require a high degree of psychological impact. The article shows that optimism, awareness and the choice of coping strategies make the greatest contribution to the teachers’ understanding about their resource. It is important that their coping strategies to be focused on inclusion into the problem situation and planning of actions to resolve it. In conclusion the author identifies two factors that are key to teachers’ understanding of their resource availability: cognitive-oriented strategies of behavior in difficult situations and conscious attitude to them.