The Moral Correlates of the Approach Towards the Work of Teachers-Tutors Candidates

Abstract

The main goal of the article is presentation of the empirical characteristics of future teacher-tutor and the moral correlates of these approaches. The research was conducted from December 2017 to February 2018 amongst a group of 227 students of the Pedagogical Faculty of Szczecin University. The following research thesis was constructed: is there a relation between the approach towards work and moral values as well as moral feelings of Pedagogy students? The hypothesis was adopted that there is statistically significant relation between the approach towards work and moral values and moral feelings of the examined participants. The statistical calculations were conducted in correlation model. The examined students’ approach towards work mainly featured self-fulfillment; although less as an indication of social prestige and necessity. They were characterized with rather high knowledge and cognition values recognition; as well as helpfulness towards other people; often with beauty; harmony and creation desire. Moreover; they valued consuming goods; life comfort only as average and they had a lower need to dominate and possess power over other people. In moral feelings measurement; the positive values connected with the realization of moral norms dominated. The correlation analysis revealed a range of connections between the examined features. The persons who presented the most beneficial moral values and moral feelings were those who perceived their work as a tool for self-fulfillment. The positive layout of the examined variables presented persons who treated their work as a social obligation; a place to fulfill the self-identity needs and social relations. On the other hand; treating their job as an economic necessity or a sign of social prestige; related to a less moral approach to the realization of duties and schemata crossing; as well as a greater impact of the deconstructive need to use temporal pleasures and a dominance over other people.