Role of additional education organisations and core classes in the choice of future profession: research experience

Abstract

The article is devoted to presenting the experience of studying the influence of various forms of pre-vocational training on the profession choice by the Kostroma Region's first and second-year students. The article presents a description of the statistical data; options and motivation for the profession choice by young students; the role of additional education organisations in the choice of a future profession; the role of school core classes in choosing a future profession; degree of students' satisfaction with the choice of future profession.The authors come to conclusions about the late period of professional self-determination of respondents, about a rather high level of independence in professional choice; however, also about the obviously insufficient role of various forms of pre-vocational education in the process of professional self-determination. The authors note that the influence of additional education is critical to the development of various personal qualities of students, but it virtually does not affect their professional choice. The specialised classes are neither effective as atool for vocational guidance. A large proportion of respondents complain about the absence of core classes at their school, and many of those who had studied in the core class, regret that today. What the authors try to present their research as, is conclusion about the need for serious transformations in the vocational guidance system of Kostroma Region.