The article, basing on the analysis of Lithuania education documents, philosophers of the past and present, works by psychologists and educators, reveals that sensitivity at present and in the past was and is an important criterion of a person‘s morality and spirituality. It proves that sensitivity in primary school is an urgent issue and there is a motivated necessity to investigate educators‘ influence on sensitivity development from primary school age to adolescence. The longitude research results by the experts, surveyed educators and children show that not only the child‘s behaviour changes in the course of years (children become more sensitive, the behaviour of boys and girls becomes similar in this aspect), but some aspects of the pedagogical approach change as well. It has been ascertained that non-traditional methods used in a lesson have less influence on pupils‘ sensitivity. The behaviour of a sensitive child depends on the teacher‘s qualifications, seniority, and the style of interaction
