Information and Resource Support for Career Guidance Work with High School Students in the Context of Educational Environment Design

Abstract

The article substantiates the relevance and expediency of career orientation work in general secondary education institutions in the conditions of designing an educational environment, taking into account the results of the analysis of professional orientations of high school students. It was found that the informed choice of a profession is an important step towards the successful personal and professional self-realization of student youth, the development of a future career and life priorities. The research and publications on this topic, as well as the existing definitions of the concepts of ’career guidance work’ and ’career guidance’ are analysed. It is determined that career guidance and vocational guidance are most often interpreted as psychological and pedagogical activities of general secondary education institutions aimed at preparing a person for a conscious choice of profession and determining their place in society.  It is argued that the formation of a person’s readiness for professional self-determination, including the use of pedagogical technologies, requires the creation of systematic work, which becomes possible in the conditions of designing an educational environment. Such systemic activity is possible only under the condition of the development of partnership relations between general educational institutions and a number of other public institutions, such as the library, employment service, public organizations, etc. The methods and forms of vocational guidance work, which can be divided according to content and direction, are singled out. Informational and methodological resources for career guidance activities in institutions of general secondary education in terms of designing an educational environment from state institutions and public organizations are offered, which are presented in the form of consultations on educational and career planning. The results of the survey of high school students in Kyiv institutions of general secondary education are characterized, and it is noted that high school students experience an increase in psychological stress when choosing a profession. Examples of career guidance work in modern institutions of general secondary education, which integrated the career guidance component into the educational process, are given, library forms of such activity are highlighted. Prospective ways of developing career guidance work with high school students in institutions of general secondary education in terms of designing an educational environment are outlined, aimed at modernizing the content of career guidance, searching for new forms of career guidance activity.