Professor and student in the socio-cultural environment of a university: Aspects of personal and professional development in dialogue interaction

Introduction . The problem of joint personal and professional development of teacher and student in socio-cultural environment of a university is being updated. Main conditions for this development are dialogue (collaboration and co-creation) in various types of educational activities (educational in itself, research, communicative, etc.). Purpose setting . Research goal is to explore real opportunities for equal partnership between teacher and student in specially organized joint solution of problems of personal and professional development in the socio-cultural conditions of the academic environment of a modern Russian university. Methodology and methods of the study . The study gives theoretical and methodological generalization of the problem of research, the analysis and interpretation of the results was applied based on the works of foreign and domestic authors. The personal experience and achievements of the authors of the article were used. Methods of the theoretical-methodological and theoretical-applied spectrum are included. Methodological guidelines are evolutionary-historical and socio-ecological approaches, and also environmental approach to education. Results . The study reveals structure of the academic environment of a university as a sociocultural one, marks the role of its components in joint personal and professional development of teachers and students, defines the place and functions of socio-cultural environmental interactions in this process, justifies the teacher’s contribution to changing the environmental interactions of students in the socio-cultural conditions of the academic environment. Conclusion . The article involves important theoretical results, including those obtained earlier., gives their modern interpretation and provides practical recommendations for teachers. Attention is drawn to the competence of the teacher as a mentor. The teacher is considered as an active subject of sociocultural environmental interactions with students.