THE PRACTICE OF FORMING SCHOOLCHILDREN’S VALUE ORIENTATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF PROFILING EDUCATION

Abstract

The article considers the practice of formation of value orientations of schoolchildren in the context of profile education. The authors show the significance of the introduction of profile education in high school, which is aimed at the implementation of personality-oriented learning process. According to the authors, the specially organised process of value orientations development in the conditions of profile education seems to be the key one, which has an important role in professional and personal development. The authors consider it important to analyse individual peculiarities of formation of value orientations of high school students. Profile education allows schoolchildren to master theoretical and applied knowledge, as well as to develop practical skills and research skills in the chosen field. The article emphasises that the school can contribute to the indirect, but quite active formation of the value sphere by organising multidirectional activities within the framework of extracurricular activities. An important component is project activity, in which students of different profiles and classes can participate, socially useful activity, which meets the most important age characteristics of adolescence is the leading activity in one of the concepts of age development. The authors come to the conclusion that profile education is related to the issues of professional and personal self-determination of older adolescents.