Images of 'other' people in the mind of teachers from urban areas, country sides, and from the nothern settlement

The research aims to describe the institutional composition of significant others for teachers and their value attitudes to themselves and other people based on the difference in the place of residence (city, village, and a northern settlement). The sampling is presented by 3 groups of teachers (women): 113 teachers from villages of Mishkinskiy Region, Bashkortostan; 83 teachers from Sterlitamak in Bashkortostan; and 75 teachers from the work settlement Nizjniy Sartim in Hanty-Mansiyskiy autonomous region. In the present research the practical method, developed by I. A. Nikolaeva, is used. This method enables to describe the social role structure of significant others and the attitude towards them. Results: Comparison of the groups based on the Student t-criterion demonstrates significant differences at the level p <0,05 и p<0,01. The teachers from the group of city inhabitants tend to prefer real social relations as opposed to virtual ones, and they pay more attention to more capable students. For their value system self-respect and critical attitude to others are typical. The teachers from the countryside are more family- and neighbors-oriented and tend to underestimate the professional sphere. The lack of positive social perception also takes place. The institutional composition of significant others among teachers from work settlements demonstrate 2 tendencies: on the one hand, they overestimate the importance of the professional sphere, on the other hand, they tend to prefer virtual relations and demonstrate alienation from the school background. More detailed results of the cluster analysis, taking into consideration the age of the participants, are also presented in the research. The above-mentioned results allow us to do the following suppositions, relevant for further research: 1. The decrease of social and economic relations in the place of residence causes the tendency to estimate the relevant others as "below the average". 2. High competition in the professional sphere causes high self-esteem and idealized "black and white" attitude towards the others. 3. The predominance of migrants in the place of residence inspires the newcomers to highly appreciate their profession, and the teachers with a long term of service tend to prefer virtual communication. 4. High or low competitive environment in the place of residence influences the teacher's work: the teachers from the group of city inhabitants pay more attention to the achievements of more capable students, while the teachers from the countryside and the work settlement are oriented to help the weaker students.

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