Victor Kavetskyy

Pedagogics and Psychology Department of Ternopil Oblast

Municipal Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogics Education,

Ternopil, Ukraine

Trends of Social and Professional Student Orientations Formation

(conference abstract)

Petro Baydetskyy

Institute of Postgraduate Studies, Ternopil, Ukraine

ABSTRACT.This paper deals with the problem of optimization of students’ preparation for the professional self-identification. The main trends in the dynamics of social and professional guidelines formation of the optanti were defined.  The list of professions that cause the greatest interest of students were found out, also the main motives of specialty choice and the decisive factors influencing professional identity of students were defined.

Received: July, 2010

1st Revision: September, 2010

Accepted: October, 2010

JEL Classification: I23, P2

Keywords: professional self-identification, social and professional guidance, students of secondary schools, motivational basis for choosing the profession, factors affecting the choice of specialty.