Introduction. The culture of choosing a profession determines the direction of the translation of the meanings of personality development in the system of socially and personified-oriented relations, guaranteeing to an individual the timeliness of inclusion in professional and labor relations and its sustainable development. Theorizing the professional and labor development of an individual and technologization of its development as a professional indicates the direction of modeling and substantiates the integrity of the timely and correct clarification of the individual’s career in the system of continuous education.Problem statement. The article reveals the basic concepts and models associated with the process and result of theorizing the quality of the ideas of the culture of choosing a profession.Methodology of the study. Particular attention is paid to the integrative characteristics and procedural products of theorizing the ideas of the culture of choosing a profession and career of an individual in the system of lifelong education. Results. The definitions and models of the relationship between the culture of choosing a profession and a career of an individual in the system of continuous education are highlighted. The functions, principles, methods, technologies for implementing the ideas of age-appropriate development of the personality in the context of integrating the ideas of the culture of individual’s choosing a profession and a career in the system of continuous education are clarified. The pedagogical conditions for ensuring the quality of integration of the ideas of the culture of individual’s choosing a profession and a career in the system of continuous education are theorized. The possibilities of modeling technologies for implementing the ideas of age-appropriate development of the personality in the context of integrating the ideas of the individual’s culture of choosing a profession and a career in the system of continuous education are substantiated and modified.Conclusion. The prospects for theorization and implementation of the ideas of the culture of choosing a profession and a career of an individual in the system of continuous education are determined in the unification of resources for measuring the quality of the age-appropriate development of the individual, the possibilities of humanistically appropriate environments that create conditions for the optimal individual’s development in the system of continuous education, the material, technical and innovative-activity base of the organized activities.
