TRAINING COURSE "PSYCHOLOGY OF SELF-DETERMINATION": EXPECTATIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The organization of career guidance work with high school students in a general education organization and its content are focused primarily on preparing young people for life, for work, to teach them to consciously and responsibly plan and choose a professional path. The article presents the results of a survey of high school students conducted to determine their expectations from the implementation of the training course «Psychology of self-determination». This course is part of the implementation of career guidance work with a person who is at the stage of professional choice. The data obtained during the survey were organized, processed and interpreted using mathematical methods. It was found that, despite the fact that most of the respondents already have an idea of what professional area they would like to be realized as specialists, the request from high school students to help them choose a profession remains relevant. Also, a number of basic needs have been identified to satisfy high school students in the process of studying the course «Psychology of self-determination»: identification of individual interests, inclinations and individual characteristics that must be taken into account when choosing a profession; familiarity with the conditions of study at a university / college, as well as the peculiarities of student life. The connection between the need for assistance in choosing a profession and the need to determine individual interests and inclinations, as well as personal characteristics, is proved. The results of the survey, as well as their interpretation, led to the conclusion that knowledge of individual professional and personal potential will allow young people, in their opinion, to make the professional choice that increases the chances of their further self-realization.