REFLEKSIVNA I MENTORSKA PRAKSA – USLOVLJENI SEGMENTI NASTAVNIKOVOG RADA

Upon completing their initial education, teachers acquire mostly theoretical knowledge and learn how to teach. Whether a teacher will be good and professional depends on the way he works, on whether he continuously improves his knowledge and his competences. Mentoring practice and a reflective approach to professional work are two important segments of a teacher's work with a reciprocal impact on his experience, knowledge and teacher development. The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of mentoring and reflective practice for teacher education and advancement. In order to achieve this goal, we first define the concept of mentoring and its significance for teacher work; we highlight the types of mentoring; we emphasize the benefits of reflective practice in teaching and finally identify common features of teacher mentoring and reflective practice. The conclusion is that these two segments of teaching - mentoring and reflective practice - are the twoskills that experienced,but also future teachers should have.Završetkom inicijalnog obrazovanja nastavnik stiče pretežno teorijska znanja i osposobljava se za nastavni rad. Koliko će nastavnik biti kvalitetan i stručan zavisi od načina rada, od toga da li kontinuirano radi na sebi i usavršava svoje kompetencije. Mentorska praksa i refleksivan pristup profesionalnom angažmanu predstavljaju dva važna segmenta nastavnikovog delovanja sa povratnim uticajem na njegovo iskustvo, znanje i značajem za usavršavanje nastavnika. Cilj rada je ukazivanje na značaj mentorskog rada i refleksivne prakse za obrazovanje i usavršavanje nastavnika. Kako bismo ostvarili navedeni cilj, najpre definišemo pojam mentorstva i njegov značaj za nastavnikov rad; ukazujemo na vrste mentorskog rada; naglašavamo benefite refleksivne prakse nastavnika i na kraju identifikujemo zajednička obeležja mentorske i refleksivne prakse nastavnika. Zaključak je da su dva razmatrana segmenta nastavnikovog rada, mentorstvo i refleksivna praksa, povezane komponente iskusnih ali i budućih nastavnika