LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Profesinės kompetencijos; Mokytojai; Professional competences; Teachers.
ENThe article makes an attempt to reveal profeSSional competences ofteachers in the context of classical paradigm and paradigm ofnew education. The teacher is a personality, who educates and trains the young generation for life. S/he has to find the to the child's heart down experience acquired from generation to generation, developing the individual's values, personal features and expanding his/her outlook, i.e., building up learner's personality. [From the publication]