In the context of changing the paradigm of vocational training, teachers of higher education are
faced with new requirements related to changes in the content of the pedagogical process and new
functions that teachers need to master in the context of the introduction of systemic and integrated
learning technologies. The elements of the educational environment form a whole range of new
forms of activities that a modern teacher must implement in the educational process. The current
conditions determine the emergence of contradictions, the resolution of which requires the study of
a new role structure of professional pedagogical activity.
The purpose of the publication is to present the results of a study of the role structure of pedagogical
activity in higher education, to identify areas of gaps in the expectations and assessments of the
existing role structure of teachers on the part of students and in the assessments of the teachers
themselves. The sample of respondents-teachers consisted of more than 70 people, as well as more
than 200 people - students of various areas of training at universities in Novosibirsk.
The methodological basis of the study is the principles of the subject-subject approach in pedagogy,
a number of developments of domestic researchers dedicated to the formation and development
of open education in the Russian Federation, as well as the evolution of the teacher's role set in
connection with changes in the pedagogical paradigm of higher education). In the process of
collecting empirical material, the author's standardized questionnaire was used to identify the
types of roles of a modern teacher. As a result of the study, the predominant types of roles in the
professional activities of teachers of higher education were identified, a comparison was made in
the areas of training, gaps were identified in relation to the existing role structure in the views of
teachers and students, as well as between the expectations that students have and those roles that
today demonstrated by teachers in the learning process.
The novelty of the study lies in the empirical substantiation of the role model of a higher education
teacher, determining the most relevant roles and identifying those problem areas that require
systematic and targeted work on self-development and professional development of higher
education teachers.