FEATURES OF PROFESSIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION OF STUDENTS AT AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES: EXPERIENCE OF VORONEZH STATE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Outdated stereotypes about the prestige of agricultural education and the prevailing negative image of work in agriculture, creating a shortage of young, qualified and promising agricultural specialists, bring to the fore the goal of meeting the personnel needs of the agricultural sector of the economy. The main risk of changing the positive trajectory of professional development and selfdetermination of students is the strictly regulated schedule of the educational process and the traditional form of practical training, that part of the educational process, after which the student confidently draws a conclusion about the correctness of his chosen profession and forms an opinion about the possibility of employment according to the qualifications obtained in learning process. The purpose of the study was to increase the level of professional orientation of students in accordance with the profile of the education received, prepare highquality agricultural specialists and maintain a positive trajectory of professional self-determination of students. The methodology of the experiment was based on the organization of innovative production practice according to a special program (integrative special course) using information technologies familiar to modern youth. As a result of the implementation of the integrative special course, 80% of the students from among the experiment participants rated the organization of innovative practice as excellent, which gives hope for stimulating interest among students and generating interest in employment according to the qualifications obtained during the learning process.