THE SPECIFICITY OF THE FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY IN MILITARY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

The article examines the specifics of the formation of professional identity in military institutions of higher education. The idea that the development of higher military education remains a priority task of Ukrainian state-building is emphasized. The term „professional military education” is explained, referring to specialized military education, which is obtained under educational programs at the appropriate levels of military education in order to improve the professional level of a military specialist. It is proved that the formation of the professional identity of applicants of higher military education is a long process of qualitative modification of their inner world, which correlates with the stages of professionalization by enriching social subjectivity, selfactualization, and self-fulfillment in military professional activities. That is why, identification is proposed to be perceived as the main mechanism of socialization of an individual, translation of military-professional corporate values, and professional adaptation, which contributes to the freedom of individual development, enrichment, and diversity of meanings of activity. The role of the „self-concept” as a cognitive system for regulating behavior in various life conditions, in accordance with which there is a search for the meaning of one’s own existence, and the formation of an internal position, is emphasized. It is determined that the educational and professional environment in military institutions of higher education provides for constant problematization by solving several non-standard professional tasks that are projected onto a multidisciplinary structure of professional training, which has a systematic, progressive, and dynamic nature. It is shown that a developed sense of professional identity allows an individual to build his or her own professional perspective, taking into account the specifics of the acquired military professional experience and integration into the valuable military experience of foreign countries.