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Introduction Hen, 2016).
The analysis of the psychological and pedagogical According to the scientist Ilin (2013, р. 39), the
literature on this issue suggests that the most of the empathy is the source of altruism and the factor of the
scientists (Holovan, 2014; Strelnikov, 2013; Kyrychok, helping behavior, so the more the person is prone to the
Mitina, and Ilchenko, 2017; Melnyk, 2017) determine empathy, the higher his willingness to giving help in
the professional competence of the teacher as the the particular case. The author underlines that for the
complex integrated personal education, which includes manifestation of the empathy, is obligatory the
the theoretical knowledge, the practical skills, the emotional response – the empathy, namely a person’s
experience and personal qualities, which generally awareness that his feelings are the reflection of his
allows effectively to carry out the educational activities partner’s feelings.
and provides the process of development and self- The empathic personality differs from the other people
development of personality. by his ability to see the others positively; the quick
Strelnikov (2013) notes that in the professional orientation in the situations of interaction; the
competence of the teacher of the higher educational democratic and altruistic strategies of interaction
institution is primarily the psychological and didactic prevail; the openness and sensitivity to social emotions
procedures for interacting with the students, and moral feelings (Dolby, 2013). The characteristics
motivational-value, cognitive, affective and conative of the empathic personality is the stability, the
components, as well as the system of professionally tolerance towards the disadvantages of others, which in
important qualities and abilities of the teacher. The our opinion is necessary for the effective professional
studies of Melnyk (2017) show that the most popular activity of the teacher.
competences are of the instrumental and systemic ones, Sannikova (2014) considers the empathy as the
in particular: cognitive, methodological, technological property of the personality in which structure the three
and linguistic abilities. levels are distinguished: 1) the formal-dynamic,
As is generally known, the essence of pedagogical including the dynamic and qualitative (modal)
activity is the interpersonal interaction with the properties of the empathy, reflecting the psychological
students. For this purpose, the teacher needs the essence of the empathic process; 2) the content-
knowledge and communicative skills to establish the personal, concerning the choice of space for
business contact, the emotional attitude for future experiencing the empathy, the moral and ethical
cooperation. Vitvytska (2012, р. 69) notes the content of its object; 3) the imperative level reflecting
techniques that ensure the effectiveness of the the public and individual ideas about the existing
interaction: - the ability to show interest and respect to socio-cultural “norms” of empathic manifestations.
the student, to understand his position during According to Baron-Cohen and Wheelwright (2004),
communication; - to own the means of non-verbal empathy is about spontaneously and naturally tuning
communication; - the tolerant attitude to all participants into the other person’s thoughts and feelings, whatever
of the educational process. these might be there are two major elements of
As we see, the psychological competence of the teacher empathy. The first is its cognitive component
is inextricably linked with his communicative (understanding the others feelings and the ability to
competence. The results of our previous studies have take their perspective), the second one is the affective
shown that it is the communicative competence of the component (an observer’s appropriate emotional
teacher that is one of the important components of his response to another person's emotional state).
psychological skills. The communication in the Orishchenko (2015) also defines the empathy as the
activities of the teacher is not only the means of stable integral property of the person. The author
pedagogical communication, but also the condition for underlines that the leading psychological characteristic
the improvement of the professionalism, the source of of the person with a high level of the empathy is the
personal development, and is also the means of social activity, the interpersonal skills, the sincere
influence on the students (Mіtіna, 2016). interest to the person, the orientation on the
In the structure of the communicative competence of understanding of another, the sensitivity and the
the teacher Shestopaliuk (2011) distinguishes the responsiveness. It is precisely the kindness, the
following professionally important personal qualities, tolerance, the sufferance towards others makes such
namely: - the interest to the people and the work with people capable to the sympathy and the empathy.
them; - the presence of need and ability to The aim of the study: to explore of level of empathy’s
communicate; - the verbal and non-verbal abilities; - display of the teachers depending on experience of
the ability to show empathy to the people. We share their pedagogical activity.
this point of view and believe that the successful
professional activity of the teacher is impossible with Material and methods
the absence or low level of empathy. The following research methods were applied:
Recently, the problem of empathy has been actively theoretical (analysis and synthesis of the psychological
studied by the scientists in the professional context as literature); empirical (pilot study, questionnaires). The
the important property of the personality of socionomic study was conducted at the basis of the Department of
professions (Kuntsevska, 2004; Popova and Horvat- Pedagogy and Psychology of the Institute of
Yanushevska, 2013) and as the factor of the Postgraduate Education of the Bogomolets National
effectiveness of the pedagogical process (Goroshit and Medical University, Kyiv. The sample composed the

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