Negative traits in the modern learner portrait

This paper is the second one in the series «Portraits of subjects of the educational process» and is devoted to the second status subject of the educational process – the modern student. Despite the fact that schoolchildren and students are presented as a single group of students, their portraits are analyzed progressively in order, on the one hand, to identify features characteristic of a particular age period, and on the other one, to trace the changes that have occurred in them over time. A feature of material selection for the study was the emphasis on the negative aspects of the portrait, identified by theorists and practitioners. The general portrait of the student revealed the following features: pragmatism, desire for independence, high pace of life, infantilism, clip thinking, desire to receive benefits without effort, willingness to put pressure on others, etc. According to the author’s concept, consideration of the student’s portrait is formally constructed similarly to the teacher’s portrait presented in the first paper of the series, and also has an identical three-part structure, but with content relevant to the research subject. Key features are covered in three dimensions: professional is determined by the opinion of teachers and employers; personal is connected with family and family ties; public – with school, friends, mass media (media), social networks.