Evaluation of Innovative Readiness of Teaching Staff of Universities

Abstract

The results of a study of innovative readiness of teachers from nine universities of Samara, Saratov, Bashkortostan, Yekaterinburg, Ulyanovsk are presented, in which 2036 university teachers took part. The work used the methodology for assessing the psychological climate in the teaching staff A.N. Lutoshkina and V.V. Panteleeva, T.P. Knysheva. As mathematical and statistical methods for processing the obtained data, we used discriminant analysis, a one-sample λ-Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, and a nonparametric Spearman rank correlation coefficient. The hypothesis of the presence of various levels of innovative readiness of the teaching staff of universities is considered. A direct relationship has been established between indicators of innovative readiness and the socio-psychological climate in the teaching staff, as well as positive relationships between the components of innovative readiness. Different levels of innovative readiness of the teaching staff of universities (high, normal, optimal) were identified. The results can be used in the process of focused work on the psychological and pedagogical support of innovative activities of university teachers.

Keywords

• innovative readiness
• socio-psychological climate
• teacher
• higher education institution