PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROCESS OF PROFESSIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

The article studies psychological and pedagogical characteristics of the process of professional self-determination of high school students. The authors consider the definition of “professional self-determination”. The construction of career guidance work with children in educational organisations, especially in high schools, is an important work, because an illiterate organised process brings negative tendencies in society. The most important feature of this age is professional self-determination, which seems to be a necessary component of personal self-determination. Professional self-determination of high school students is a personally meaningful activity aimed at finding personal meaning in the chosen profession. The authors conclude that high school students’ idea of themselves as a person is more developed than the idea of themselves as a professional.