Benefication of the Older Preschool Children’s Ideas About the Professions of their Future

Abstract

The article discusses the key approaches to the study of the phenomenon of benefication of the older preschoolers’ ideas about modern professions. The analysis of domestic and foreign classical studies characterizing the methodology of acquaintance of older preschool children with adult labour and professions is presented. The idea of the need to concretize children’s knowledge and enrichment of ideas about various modern professions of adults: labour actions, tools and materials, the results of labor and its value is proved. The article reveals the need for the formation of ideas in children about the interconnections of professions among themselves; expanding the game and speech experience of older preschoolers in the framework of the professional activities of adults; fostering a positive attitude towards adult work. Characterized by the personality traits necessary for children in the future, when choosing any profession: communication, cooperation, creativity. The development of a multi-stage variant of studying the ideas of children about professions, including the value attitude towards them, is presented. The results of qualitative and quantitative analysis are demonstrated; survey data, which made it possible to concretize and generalize children’s ideas about a certain profession, which in turn helped to understand the direction of educational work in this area and to select professions to expand the ideas of older preschoolers about the professions of their future.It has been established which professions are in the sphere of children’s interests. The specificity of the ideas of children about the professional employment of their parents and their attitude to the work of adults is characterized. The potential of organizing event projects and educational situations as a means of enriching children’s ideas about modern professions is substantiated; the logic and principles of their organization are concretized. Keywords: benefication of ideas, ideas about professions, work of adults, play activity, event educational project, educational situations