A CATEGORICAL ANALYSIS OF SELFEDUCATION
The article examines a categorical structure of self-education, which is becoming a priority in the development of modern pedagogy. The self-education correlates with the education category; the author gives it’s phonetic, ontological, philosophical, sociological and psychological interpretation. On the basis of distinctive features, the definitions of professional self-education in a technical university and self-educational activity of students are given. The article identifies and describes the types, forms and components of self-education and functions of self-education, depending on the depth of understanding of self-education objects, degree of compliance with the maintenance of education, the orientation on the subject of activity and the degree of integration into the professional sphere.