TEACHERS’ MORAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN WARTIME

Abstract

The historical and pedagogical studies presented in the earlier chapters (including the analysis of Zhukov’s work) clearly show that the figure of the teacher has always exceeded the boundaries of a purely professional role. Across different historical periods, the “good teacher” has been understood as someone who can serve as a moral reference point, preserve dignity in difficult political circumstances, and balance loyalty to state requirements with responsibility towards children and the local community. Teaching has been conceived not only as the transmission of subject knowledge and methodology, but also as a vocation that demands a stable value stance and a readiness to resist injustice, especially when it affects the most vulnerable...