Methodology for Diagnosing Professional Pedagogical Tolerance Test - the question form

1. Sometimes, actions, behavior, or ideas that at first seem completely unacceptable, after reflection resonate with me.

2. To truly understand another person, it is necessary to find something you have in common with them in your views, behavior, or thoughts.

3. Sometimes I find myself thinking that children’s misbehavior or bad actions are, in some ways, similar to my own childhood pranks or hidden wishes.

4. A teacher should have a firm, unshakable opinion on any issue.

5. Whatever a child does, it is not the child’s fault simply because they are a child.

6. An experienced teacher’s main task is to support the student in all matters to ensure the student’s development.

7. Before offering their viewpoint on a problem, a student should first master the basic truths.

8. If a student disagrees with something obvious, it means the student is either unintelligent, excessively stubborn, or misbehaving.

9. Even if I punish a child severely, it does not mean I am punishing out of anger at the child for their misbehavior; it is only an educational method to develop skills the child needs later in life.

10. If a student expresses disagreement with what the teacher says or with what is written in the textbook, it is only an attempt to show that they are special and to stand out.

11. In teaching practice, overfamiliarity with students should not be allowed. Students should be made to feel some distance, while maintaining respect and care for them.

12. Older people should not suppress the opinions of younger people, as long as those opinions do not conflict with moral norms, even if they differ from the opinions of older people.

13. If I notice that I have a negative attitude toward a student, I try to understand what is causing it and explain it to myself and to the student.

14. When I look at a child, I often want to predict how their life will turn out.

15. If a child is crying, there are reasons for it.

16. When I see adolescents or adults arguing, I intervene.

17. I have always forgiven parents for everything, even when they were in the wrong.

18. When I see an injured animal, I try to help it in some way.

19. If children do not agree with me today, that is not a reason to worry; they are only gaining experience and may soon change their point of view.

20. If a child is not disturbing others or violating their rights, an adult should not require the child to behave like an adult in all respects.

21. Even if I have negative feelings toward one of my students, I believe it is necessary to hide this, drawing on my professional teaching experience.

22. It is foolish to place a child and an adult on an equal footing, because there are unavoidable differences in education and life experience.

23. Teachers in national schools are unlikely, in most cases, to have a high level of professional competence. If someone speaks somewhere about such a great teacher, I find it laughable.

24. A student cannot, in principle, know the subject matter better than the teacher.

25. At times, a slow-to-understand student makes me lose my composure.

26. Students, and teachers as well, who are absolutely flawless in every respect make me wary.

27. I find noisy children's games difficult to tolerate.

28. I cannot stand teachers with a low level of professional competence.

29. A teacher’s appearance should always conform to accepted standards.

30. I have a habit of lecturing others.

31. I often find myself trying to educate someone.

32. I am constantly making remarks to others.

33. When a student disagrees with what I believe is the correct position, it usually irritates me.

34. Colleagues should not be forgiven for tactless jokes.

35. I usually find it difficult to adapt to new colleagues when working together.

36. Children cannot be right in an argument with their parents because parents understand life better than children do.

37. Children have a right to their own opinion only if they can convincingly justify it.

38. If a teacher takes each child’s emotional problems and worries too much to heart, the work of a teacher becomes unbearable.

39. Adult children are irritated by their parents' care and concern.

40. When I see an incident on the street, I try not to be among the witnesses.

41. A good teacher is only someone who is always, in everything, a positive role model for children in their behavior at work and in their personal life.

42. My words do not often differ from my actions.

43. I have sufficient abilities to achieve a high level of professional competence.

44. I can say that I generally understand what is going on inside me.

45. I try to control my own destiny.

46. Sometimes it is helpful to feel sorry for myself.

47. I think that unless something happens to me, I will not be able to get out of my usual life routine on my own.

48. Sometimes I think that my professional work is largely made up of attempts to hide that I do not understand what is going on.

49. Deep down, I cannot believe that I am really an adult.

50. In my professional work, I often rely on my intuition and sudden impulses.

51. Most of the time, I approve of my professional plans and actions.

52. Others recognize me as a professional.

53. My strengths outweigh my weaknesses.

54. Sometimes it seems to me that some of the qualities I show in my professional work are not really characteristic of me as a person.

55. In a critical situation, I often feel inner indignation and sometimes lose my composure.

56. My colleagues consider me self-confident and envious.

57. If I were offered a position with significant responsibility, I would think carefully about whether it is worth sacrificing my peace of mind.

58. Youth indiscipline should be addressed through strictness and control.

59. If a child is bullied at school, I would advise them to learn to defend themselves and to hit back.

60. If a student bumps into me in a doorway, I should remind them about appropriate behavior.

61. Youth delinquency should be dealt with strictly through punishment; otherwise young people will become uncontrollable.

62. If something in a task I have been assigned is unclear to me, I always clarify any uncertainties and details before carrying it out.

63. I usually express my opinion after those who are older or have higher status.

64. In my actions, I always try to follow the rules of behavior accepted in society.

65. I am fairly demanding and always insist that, whenever possible, everything be done correctly.

66. When speaking to an audience, I always try to monitor my voice and gestures.

67. I am not rude even to people I find extremely unpleasant.

68. I try to keep all the items I need for my work in their proper places.

69. As a professional educator, I always strictly monitor the expression of my feelings at work.

70. Sincere emotional reactions and openness in expressing feelings toward others are true professional qualities of a teacher.

71. If I unintentionally break rules of conduct in social situations, I soon forget about it.

72. I have been told that when I talk about something with too much enthusiasm, my speech becomes somewhat rambling.

73. If, when reading a work-related text, I come across anything unclear, I do not pay attention to it and continue reading.

74. People sometimes tell me that I sound or behave overly excited.

75. In the heat of the moment, I may say something that I later regret.

76. At work, I try to give my full effort and push myself.

77. I often find it difficult to stop thinking about worrying situations that arise in my professional work.

78. Possible problems in my professional work often worry me.

79. I often blush.

80. I often feel embarrassed and find it unpleasant when others notice it.

81. I often cannot hold back tears.

82. I would like to be as happy and professionally successful as others.

83. My work tires me out.

84. I am usually calm and not easily upset.

85. A true teacher’s work primarily involves self-sacrifice and putting one’s own interests aside.

86. A professional teacher always tries to calm children and colleagues and to maintain good relationships.

87. If another person's position seems very important to them, I try to accommodate them.