Dynamic Aspects of the Internalization of Professional Values in Students of Deontology

Abstract

The paper features the dynamics of the internalization of the professional values in university students of deontology direction during their training. The research employed such research methods as D.A. Leontyev’s test of life-sense orientations, the questionnaire of the level of subjective control, and M. Rokich’s test. The paper presents some results of a longitudinal study of the internalization of the professional values in the future specialists of the deontological profile at various stages of study at the university. The authors used a sample group of 120 students to prove some significant differences in value-semantic characteristics. They conducted a comparative analysis of the value-semantic orientations of the students, who majored in various subjects. The students of the deontological profile revealed a stronger internalization of professional values, as well as stronger professional selfrealization, interpersonal relations, altruistic values, and values of the acceptance of others. The authors believe that the organization of educational process influences the structure of value-semantic orientations of university students. They prove that practice-oriented methods help students cope with the crisis of professional development. The results of the research can be used in the educational process at various educational institutions, as well as in consulting students on the problems of personal and professional development.