Overcoming the Crisis of Intellectuals: Reconstruction of Educators` Professional Identity and Status

Authors

  • Olena Yacuna Uzhhorod National University http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0053-4814
  • Mariana Marusynets National Pedagogical Drahomanov University
  • Tetiana Palko Zakarpattia Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18662/po/13.2/442

Keywords:

intellectual-educator, self-reference, professional practice, psychosocial competence

Abstract

The authors of the article with reference to the discussions about the status of knowledge in the postmodernism discourse and the "crisis of the intellectual" presented in the works by J.F. Lyotard and Z. Bauman, consider these issues in the context of other social challenges. Interpreting the conducted empirical research results, the research also focuses on the multidisciplinary theoretical analysis of philosophical, psychological and pedagogical literature.

The authors note that in the absence of metanarratives, the phenomenon of intellectuals and intellectual work is transformed: postmodern epistemology has changed the opportunities of mass education about how things should stand / what to have / how to act into the multiple / polyphonic / variable / fragmentary / collage dissemination of knowledge. As an argument in the "crisis of intellectuals" discussion, the authors analyze the educators` need and motivation sphere emphasizing constant knowledge enhancement to be a priority for them, which logically affects professional identity reconstruction carried out through self-reference.

The paper presents an opinion that intellectuals lack self-perception as a reference social group. We conclude that in the information society, public interaction with the media affecting the reconsideration of the intellectual`s role and status serves as a basis for their legitimation.

The results of the conducted survey enable us to conclude that raising educators` intellectual level affects their competences in professional practices. The status of the intellectual-educator is legitimized by their activity in training sessions, discussions, meet-ups and other events. The study presents an algorithm for constructing the intellectual-educator in the conditions of social reality challenges.

The research substantiates demand for the intellectual-educator who is IT literate, capable of professional reflection, open to change, motivated for continuous self-development, ready for the reconstruction of professional identity from a knowledge transmitter to an erudite, a creative coach, a supervisor and a moderator.

Author Biographies

Mariana Marusynets, National Pedagogical Drahomanov University

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences,

Professor of Psychology and Pedagogy Department,

 National Pedagogical Drahomanov University

marusynetsm@ukr.net

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9935-3337

Tetiana Palko , Zakarpattia Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education

Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Assistant Professor

Department of Pedagogy and Psychology,

Zakarpattia Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education,

Uzhhorod, Ukraine.

tetyanapalko752@gmail.com,

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2273-1472

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2022-06-24

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Yacuna, O., Marusynets, M. ., & Palko , T. . (2022). Overcoming the Crisis of Intellectuals: Reconstruction of Educators` Professional Identity and Status. Postmodern Openings, 13(2), 23-50. https://doi.org/10.18662/po/13.2/442

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