PROFESSIONAL IDEAS ABOUT TEACHING PROFESSION OF STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY
There is a gap between the school's need in young qualified personnel and the low motivation of graduates from pedagogical universities, the unwillingness to proceed with work-related experience in school. According to annual statistic reports only 30% of young professionals come to work in school. In order to manage and regulate this process, to make timely adjustments to the training of future teachers, it is necessary to have clear and objective data on the motives of choice, professional representations of students and graduates of pedagogical universities. The study carried out by the authors was aimed at solving the problems. Answers were received to questions related to the leading motivation of students choosing a pedagogical university, their ideas about the profession of a teacher, as well as the dynamics of perceptions in the process of studying at a pedagogical university. The authors were interested in issues related to changes in the structure of motives and needs that determine the attitude of students towards their future profession, as well as possible reasons for changes in the professional picture of the world during their studies at the university. The study was attended by students of the pedagogical university, studying in the 1 to 4 courses in bachelor's degree and master's students, the total sample was 1169 people. All the results obtained were subjected to mathematical analysis aimed at validating differences found in different courses (Student's t-criterion was used), as well as correlation analysis of factors affecting the formation of professional representations (r-Pearson's coefficient was used). The results of the study were systematized and reflected in this article.