PROFESSIONAL SELF-IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSFORMATION OF PROFESSIONS OF THE FUTURE

Abstract

The method of organization and content of vocational counseling at school determines the success of the first professional choice of a school graduate. The purpose of the theoretical study is to determine the methodological approaches to the professional self-identification of students and the semantic content of the conceptual apparatus of the research results. The purpose of the empirical study is to determine the influence of these factors on the choice of profession by high school students in the agricultural regions of the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the context of the digitalization of the country's economy and the transformation of future professions. The empirical part of the study is a cross-sectional study conducted using an individual semi-structured survey of two groups of respondents: 9-11-grade students and their parents. 421 students were selected for the survey using a simple random selection from 25 schools in five agricultural municipal districts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of Russia. The methodological basis of the development of the research tools of the study was the factors of career choice specified by E.A. Klimov. To determine the significant factors for choosing a profession, a semi-structured survey was used.The dominant factors affecting the choice of profession by high school students of the rural areas of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of Russia were identified. The main conclusions were: the insufficient awareness of rural schoolchildren about the predicted transformations of professions in the future, about the importance of working with parents as the subject of the process of professional self-identification of high school students. According to the results of the survey, the way the parents influence the child’s professional choice does not depend on the number of children in the family, the level of parents' education, and the degree of satisfaction with their profession. Significant factors for choosing a profession were identified for parents.