Development Of A Career Guidance System In Russia: Topical Problems

Abstract

Currently, educational system in Russian Federation faces new challenges, the most significant one among which is the issue of developing a well-thought-out multi-level concept of career guidance in education. Career guidance is considered to be a pedagogical task. The authors show that despite the efforts of the state, social institutions, scientific community and separate educational institutions, career guidance system development still encounters a number of difficulties. It is necessary to highlight specific theoretical and practical problems to improve career guidance. On the other hand, an integrated approach to pedagogical problems related to career guidance is necessary for the creation of a unified strategy of the development of various areas of career guidance at all levels of educational system in Russia. The authors emphasize that the underdevelopment of the career guidance system leads to problems at various levels (personal; family, society, state, employment, etc.). It is noted that the problems of career guidance should be dealt with (and mainly are) in line with pedagogical disciplines, while educational standards attribute career guidance to psychological problems. In practice, career guidance should be developed as a prolonged, multi-level system of assistance to students in choosing a career. The key to the development of an effective continuous career guidance system is seen as a break with traditionalism (the use of modern information technologies), stage-by-stage development of career guidance at universities, creation of modern teaching and methodological aids for career guidance.