VALUE AND VOCATIONAL ORIENTATIONS OF WORKERS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF PROFESSIONAL FORMATION

Abstract

The aim of the investigation is to prove that there are significant distinctions between features of terminal, tool, professional values, life orientations, self-relations of workers at stages of vocational training, professional adaptation, primary and secondary professionalizing, and also to propose a solution of the problem of deficiency of highly skilled personnel in the country. Methods. The analysis and generalization of foreign and domestic sources about the theory and practice of formation of value and vocational orientations are used. In a pilot study the following methods have been used: «Valuable orientations» by M. Rokich, the questionnaire of terminal values by I. G. Senin, a selfrelation test questionnaire (V. V. Stolin, S. R. Pantileev), the SZhO test (life orientations) by J. Krambo, L. Makholika adapted by D. A. Leontyev, for measurement of professional values – a technique «The level of a ratio of “Value” and “Availability”» by E. M. Fontalova in A. A. Sharov’s adaptation. Results and scientific novelty. It is proved that representatives of working specialties at different stages of professional formation have significant distinctions on value and vocational orientations. The comparative analysis of value and vocational orientations at different stages of professional formation is also submitted. It is shown as the level of separate values, life orientations, and also the selfrelations changes from a stage of vocational training to stages of primary and secondary professionalizing. It is proved that there is a need for development of the program of formation and development of value and vocational orientations of workers as highly skilled personnel. Practical significance. Adequate ideas of important new growths in structure of professionally significant values of working specialty persons will be useful to teachers and psychologists in case of individual consultation of students of organizations of secondary professional education; will help to allocate the perspective directions in preparation of highly skilled personnel and will promote eventually the problem resolution of deficit of such personnel in the country.