THE PURPOSE OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION OF STUDENTS
The article is devoted to the problem of determining the goal of professional education of students, which is considered and analyzed from various angles. This made it possible to single out important areas of educational work with students in the presented material of the article in order to determine the targets. Specified target-oriented education of students in the conditions of obtaining professional education, identified areas of study that are associated with the formation of professional personal qualities, self-determination, attitude to work, the need for self-improvement, self-awareness, good breeding. In the context of developing a goal, the article presents an analysis of the definitions of education, which made it possible to formulate private goals for the professional education of students. Professional education is presented as a system, process, phenomenon, means, socialization, a condition that specifies the mechanisms for achieving the goal of professional education, but still in need of development and study. The reasons for the insufficient effectiveness of education, which indirectly affect the determination of the goal of educating students, are presented. The article presents an analysis of the ambiguous nature of the professional education of students. It is indicated that the complexity resonates with the natural essence of a given phenomenon or process. On the basis of the presented analysis and generalizations, the goal of educating students is concretized, which, according to the authors, is important in ensuring professional education in the future: acceptance by the student’s personality of the need for self-improvement, awareness of one’s growth as part of a person’s lifestyle.