Etos nauczyciela w warunkach zmieniającej się rzeczywistości szkolnej – spojrzenie uczniowskie
The teacher ethos in the changing school reality – a student perspective

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to find answers to whether the transformation, which is now taking place in the Polish school, requires that teachers change their attitude, otherwise known as an ethos? The research was carried out in the beginning of 2016 and involved the schools at the gymnasium and post-gymnasium levels located in urban areas of the Pomorskie and Kujawsko-Pomorskie regions. An analytical-synthesizing method was applied in the first part of the research. Hence, it was possible to assess the available settlements as far as the issues connected with the understanding of the ethos were concerned. The main tool was an anonymous survey which the students completed on their own. However, the character of the issue tackled required the application of a secondary research method, i.e. an anthropological interview. The study carried out among gymnasium and lyceum students proves the students know little about the very notion of the teacher ethos. That, however, does not change the fact that students realize teachers, in their work and private lives, need to follow certain values which are helpful in becoming a role-model and in the widely-understood development of people within the school environment. According to the surveyed, the teacher ethos is mostly connected to teachers’ moral stance. Although students themselves are not too demanding of their teachers, as far as their flawless moral attitude is concerned the interview showed the students find their teachers’ moral stance worthy and influential upon their upbringing. Students consider educational competence,professional knowledge and the skill of passing the knowledge more desirable than the ethos.

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