MODERN TRENDS OF DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION OF STUDENTS
In modern conditions, the active and purposeful personality of the student occupies an important position in the vocational and pedagogical environment of the higher educational institution. The main role of the future professional activity of a student is determined by a vector in the system of his vital material and spiritual values. The article indicates the student's effective professional path, which includes personal qualities, specific abilities, professional opportunities and the use of them in building a successful professional career. Attention is focused on the social and professional rethinking of the educational system in higher education. Changes in the content in the professional training of students should lead to a programmable formation of the social and professional qualities of the trainee's personality, with the help of which self-conscious and professional self-determination would be ensured in practical occupations. An important aspect of the article is the disclosure of the essential characteristics of the social and professional orientation of students in the university, which includes meaningful forms, the stages of the formation and correction of successful professional activity. On the basis of the study, external factors that influence the development of social and professional orientation of university students are singled out. The optimization of the social and professional orientation of the student's personality through modeling and planning of work on professional self-determination of students of the university is presented. The organizational activity of the educational institution, the provision of purposeful pedagogical actions to manage the process of social and professional orientation of students are traced.