Специфика среднего профессионального образования как этапа процесса профессионального самоопределения студента

Abstract

The paper proposes a sociological approach to the analysis of the process of professional self-determination of students studying under secondary vocational education programs in colleges affiliated with a HEI. Profes-sional self-determination is considered as a prolonged process of professional self-actualization, self-realization and professional development as part of the entire educational and professional-labor “biography” of the subject. The article defines the main factors influencing the choice of applicants in favor of college edu-cation, presents the analysis of the results of sociological research of the process of professional self-determination of college students of Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Management – branch of Russian Presiden-tial Academy of National Economy and Public Administration and College of Economics and Law of Dzerzhin-sky branch of Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. College enroll-ment reasons are highlighted, as well as groups of SPE students depending on their future plans for profes-sional self-actualization, self-actualization and professional development.