Fundamental Pedagogy Jana Doležalová

13 The Educator and the Educatee 
Objectives 
After studying this chapter: 
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You will name and account for the basic determinants of education, i.e. 
the educator and educatee (teacher and learner).
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You will characterise the roles and relations between the educator and 
the educatee. 
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You will know the specifics of the teaching profession, requirements for 
the educator and teacher’s competences. 
Terms to Remember (Key Words) 
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educator/teacher 
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educate/educated 
person/ learner
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requirements for the 
educator 
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teacher’s 
competences 
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specifics of the 
teaching profession 
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education of 
teachers 
Introductory Questions and Assignments 
1. Who can be considered as educator? 
Education is a phenomenon which originated naturally for the purpose of 
preparing and training the coming generation for life for them to be able to live 
in the human society and successfully integrate for their own benefit and for 
the benefit of others. This phenomenon currently concerns adult people as well. 
Adults must react to the increasingly frequent changes of living conditions 
should they be able to further function within the society. It is here where the 
person of the educator steps in who, depending on the circumstances, has a 
more or less effect on the changes in the educatee’s personality in order to 
cultivate and bring about positive changes in personality. 
This chapter will briefly describe these two important anthropogenic factors of 
education. It will highlight the fundamental moments in their roles.

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13.1 The Educatee 
The educatee means an individual, in particular a child, pupil 
(learner/student), a group member who happens to be a part of an educational 
situation, who learns something under the leadership of the educator. 
During the educational process, the individual's personality is affected by 
external conditions, primarily by the stimulating nature of the social 
environment. This is why the qualities of the persons having an immediate 
effect on the individual are very important. The effectiveness of the educational 
environment also depends on internal conditions, e.g. on age-related and 
individual peculiarities, temperament, abilities and interests.