Features of Self-Actualization of Specialists with Various Professional Orientations

Introduction. The article analyzes the problem of self-actualization and professional orientation of specialists in various fields. A theoretical study of the problem of self-actualization has shown that it is a specific form of cognitive creative activity, involving the identification, study and assessment of one’s capabilities and implementation in the profession. Materials and Methods. The article presents the results of an empirical study of self-actualization and professional orientation of specialists of various profiles using a set of methods: the questionnaire “Diagnostics of self-actualization of the personality of A. V. Lazukin” (adapted by N. F. Kalin); test to determine the professional orientation of the personality of J. Holland; methods of diagnostics of socio-psychological attitudes of a person in the motivational-need-sphere of O. F. Potemkina; methods of statistical data processing: Mann – Whitney U-test, correlation analysis. Research Results. Statistically significant differences were revealed between the indicators of self-actualization, motivation and professional orientation among specialists from different professional groups. The correlation relationships between the types of professional orientation and various scales of self-actualization and attitudes in the motivational-need-sphere of representatives of various professional groups have been revealed. It was found that the features of self-actualization, values, motives and needs of specialists are largely due to the specifics of their professional activities and the type of professional orientation. The desire for self-actualization, creativity, spontaneity, self-understanding, contact and flexibility in communication is most pronounced among specialists with a social and entrepreneurial type of orientation, whose activities provide opportunities for creative self-expression. Discussion and Conclusion. The results obtained confirm the assumption that the desire for self-actualization of specialists is largely due to their professional orientation and the specifics of their professional activities.

Features of the Professional Intention of University Students with Disabilities

The author represents a qualitative and meaningful analysis of the results of an empirical study of the professional orientation of university students with disabilities. The obtained results indicate the corresponding statistically-significant differences in the subject area, professional intentions and the status of the professional identity among university students with disabilities and students with a conditional norm of health. The analysis of the results of the empirical study demonstrates the immaturity of the professional awareness of students with disabilities, which consists in the absence of taking into account the existing limitations in their future profession, a low level of awareness of its essence and the opportunities it provides, as well as the problematic nature of the status of their professional identity. This allows us to assert that the relevant vector of educational and professional activity of students with disabilities in higher education should be the directed development of an adequate professional orientation and its components, in addition, taking into account the nature of health limitations.

Professional development training of cadets at military universities

The research appears to be of relevance due to the ongoing modernization of the system of military training. One of its directions is to establish the compatibility of personal and professional qualities of cadets with the model of a modern military specialist. The aim of the research is to carry out a qualitative analysis of the requirements imposed on the modern military by society and the state in order to reveal the essence of the professional development training of cadets. The study hypothesizes that the collective and co-operational nature of professional development training implemented on the basis of a culturological approach to education creates optimal conditions for the professional and personal growth of cadets in the process of their introduction to military culture. The difference between professional training and military training is analyzed. The culturological approach to cadet professional development training is justified as the methodological basis of professional development training. The author proposes an axiological interpretation of the process of professional development training within the framework of the culturological approach. The main aspects of professional development training are briefly described: intellectual, moral, physical, labor. The key principles of professional development training based on the culturological approach are identified: purposefulness, consistency, continuity, professional orientation, patriotic orientation, humanism, and collectivism. The article emphasizes the collective and co-operational nature (polysubjectivity) of professional development training. The author suggests the definition of the “subject of professional development training”. The subjects of professional development training are cadets, officers, teachers, and university cultural organizations. Apparently, the structure of professional development training (its organizational, content and procedural aspects) varies depending on the subject of professional development training. The article concludes that introduction of practices of psychological and pedagogical support of the prospective military into their professional development training can be seen as the way to modernize the system of professional development training at military universities.

Latin in the System of Philological education

The article deals with the integrative and differentiated nature of the discipline Latin in the paradigm of education of philologists – specialists in Romance and Germanic languages. It is proved that Latin, integrating with a number of disciplines of professional training of philologists in the context of philological education, contributes to the theoretical training of linguists. At the same time, it is determined that the course of Latin should clearly meet the needs of future professionals, and thus take into account their professional orientation. Therefore, there is a need to differentiate the content of education depending on the specialty of philology students.

PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS OF APPLICATION OF WOODWORKING TECHNOLOGIES IN LESSONS OF LABOR TRAINING

The article reveals the content of readiness of students of pedagogical ZVO, future teachers, ability to comprehensively solve problems of labor, moral and aesthetic education of secondary school students. The pedagogical conditions of effective pedagogical influence in the formation of knowledge, skills and work with wood are considered. Successful mastering by students of woodworking technologies at lessons of labor training is provided by principles (clarity, individualization, connection of the theory with practice, manufacturability, reflexivity, partnership and cooperation, interdisciplinary communications, professional orientation of training), modern methodical approaches (system, activity, technology , personal, etc.), pedagogical conditions based on the professional skills of the teacher, provide for the development of students' love for work, nature and the preservation of the experience of folk crafts. The work of students with natural materials is of great importance for the aesthetic education of children, instilling in them artistic taste, development of creative abilities, imagination. The overriding task of working with natural material is to awaken in children a love for native nature, which contributes to the education of their patriotic feelings. It is time to further improve the methodological training of teachers of labor education in order to expand their learning opportunities.

The "third mission" of the University: a new vector of development of social and project activities in the field of professional orientation of young people

Актуальность статьи обусловлена задачами повышения качества профессионального самоопределения молодежи в процессе их выбора образовательного и профессионального будущего. Проанализированы современные требования работодателей в России и за рубежом к выпускникам университетов. Представлены некоторые идеи, связанные с социально-проектной деятельностью в сфере профессиональной ориентации молодежи как элемента третьей миссии университета. В статье предложен подход к социально-проектной деятельности молодежи как эффективной образовательной технологии в целостной системе непрерывного профессионального образования, включая «довузовский» уровень профессиональной ориентации молодежи. В контексте заявленной проблемы выявлены особенности расширения образовательных, научных и воспитательных функций в деятельности университетов в части ответа на требования региональных работодателей по проблеме повышения качества подготовки специалистов. В исследовании обосновано, что более эффективная подготовка будущих специалистов, формирование у них профессиональных компетенций и социально-значимых личностных качеств начинается с реализации образовательных программ профессиональной ориентации на «довузовском» уровне, которые реализуются посредством социально-проектной деятельности, выступающей на данном уровне как личностно-ориентированная образовательная, воспитательная и развивающая технология. The relevance of the article is due to the tasks of improving the quality of professional self-determination of young people in the process of their choice of educational and professional future. The modern requirements of employers in Russia and abroad for university graduates are analyzed. Some ideas related to social and project activities in the field of professional orientation of young people as an element of the third mission of the university are presented. The article proposes an approach to the socio-project activity of youth as an effective educational technology in an integrated system of continuing professional education, including the "pre-university" level of professional orientation of youth. In the context of the stated problem, the features of the expansion of educational, scientific and educational functions in the activities of universities in terms of responding to the requirements of regional employers on the problem of improving the quality of training specialists are revealed. The study proves that more effective training of future specialists, the formation of their professional competencies and socially significant personal qualities begins with the implementation of educational programs of professional orientation at the "pre-university" level, which are implemented through social project activities, acting at this level as a personality-oriented educational, educational and developmental technology.

Distance learning of foreign languages for students of economic specialties

Distance education at lightning-fast speed has become the only possible form of education. Distance learning of a foreign language for students of higher educational institutions has a number of advantages due to the fact that we are talking about pedagogical interaction with the age group of psychologically mature individuals with relatively formed mechanisms of motivation and outlined personal and professional orientation. The purpose of the present research is a comprehensive analysis of the process and results of distance learning of a foreign language (English) for students of economic specialties. The research methods are as follows: the analysis of modern opportunities for organizing distance learning; study of theoretical and methodological papers on the subject matter; method of experimental teaching of foreign languages with an emphasis on tactics of stimulating the personal and motivational sphere of students’ educational activities; development of author’s diagnostic models in order to reveal the dynamics of development of knowledge and practical skills in a foreign language of students of economic profile; qualitative and quantitative analysis of empirical data; statistical and mathematical interpretation of results, their functional analysis; method of generalization and abstraction. According to the data obtained, the hypothesis of the research has been confirmed.