Education and Professional Training as Tools for the Formation of Human Capital

Abstract

The subject of the research is approaches to the disclosure of the essential aspects of human capital in the conditions of the emerging new Russian model of economic development. The purpose of the work is to consider the features of the accumulation of human capital, manifested in the process of objective aspirations of the population of different age groups to receive education of a certain level and qualification, in the conditions of expanding opportunities of the transforming economy. The novelty of the research consists in the objective representation of the place occupied by human capital in the composition of human potential as a fundamental scientific category and its interrelations with intellectual capital and education as the basic sphere of its formation. The article establishes the reasons for the differences in views on the conceptual understanding of human capital, reveals the content of this structurally complex definition. To characterize the basic elements reflecting certain aspects of human capital, a number of domestic and foreign scientific publications are analyzed. When substantiating the importance and role of education and vocational training in the accumulation of human capital, dialectical and systematic approaches, methods of comparative and content analysis are used. The measures recommended for the adoption of vocational guidance of students, the creation of a system of motivation and a set of moral and material incentives for the teaching staff of higher education in order to bring the structure of personnel training in line with the dynamically changing demands of the labor market are reasoned. Conclusions are drawn about the need to develop an updated concept for the development of Russian higher education, the concentration of creative efforts of scientific and pedagogical workers, the entire professional community on the fundamental vectors of the formation and accumulation of human capital.