Professional expectations of students against the educational reform backgound: methodological aspect

Abstract

Professional expectations as a modal display of students’ attitude to professional preparation are analyzed by the authors in the context of modern postnonclassical methodology. Referring to the problems of sociology of education, the structure of educational and professional expectations of youth is studied in the conditions of higher school reformation. Attention is not only paid to the analysis of students’ subjective professional orientations, but to the character of influence of social consciousness elements on transformation of professional expectations. The interpretation of modern professional expectations as short-time, sporadic and deprived of permanent significance gives heuristic potential for explaining difficulties of acmeological and professional self-determination of students.