PECULIARITIES OF PEDAGOGUES’ VOCATIONAL DIFFICULTIES: LINKS WITH LOCUS OF CONTROL, PASSION FOR TEACHING AND SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

Researches of different countries confirm that emotional and intellectual overload is typical in pedagogues’ work. Lots of works are published about peculiarities in manifestation of burn-out syndrome among pedagogues. However, most of these researches analyse negative consequences of pedagogues’ work. Analysis of reasons that cause it is insufficient. We still miss researches, helping to evaluate typical difficulties of pedagogical activity and revealing their perception among pedagogues themselves. It is important to define, which psychological properties of pedagogues and what socio-demographic factors make impact on subjective evaluation of one’s own work related difficulties. This article introduces to research results about pedagogues (n =57) of two Lithuanian cities. In the process of the research empiric evaluation of peculiarities in vocational activity of pedagogues and their links to locus of control, passion for teaching and socio-demographic factors was given. KEYWORDS: pedagogues‘vocational difficulties, locus of control, passion for teaching.