THE PROBLEM OF STUDENTS’ SELF-DETERMINATION UNDER CONDITIONS OF INSTABILITY

Abstract

. The article is dedicated to the analysis of characteristics of personal self-determination of university students (with reference to students of the Omsk State Agrarian University). The relevance of the investigation is determined by the need to study and comprehend the content characteristics of self-determination in a multivariate, dynamically changing reality. Based on the synthesis of various approaches to self-determination, its main content characteristics are identified and evaluated. An empirical study of students’ self-determination is carried out, which defines the quality of self-determination of this category of students. The results of investigation may be used as the basis for diagnostics and determination the content and methods of psychological and pedagogical support for students’ self-determination.