Study Regarding the Need to Adapt the Physical Education Teacher's Image to the Demands of the Social Partners

Abstract

The teaching profession is often regarded by the public with trust and responsibility, needing the highest standards of professionalism. As a result, the teacher is given both the public trust and the responsibilities to practice this profession according to the highest possible standards and ethical conduct. The persons being taught are like a sponge, absorbing everything, good and bad, and their socialization is very important, depending mainly on parents and teachers.
This paper aims to highlight the most important personality traits that the parents and students expect to exist in a physical education teacher, and emphasize the variables that differentiate their opinions, comparing them with results recorded by Polish researchers. The values recorded in this study are close, proving the fact that at an European level, we cannot speak of major differences in regards to the image of the physical education teacher.