FACTOR MODEL FOR ACMEOLOGICAL INVARIANTS OF PROFESSIONALISM OF HEADS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Abstract

The present research features a model of acmeological invariants of professionalism inherent to heads of vocational educational institutions. The paper provides an analysis of the basic concepts of professionalism in the national psychology, in particular, the professionalism of managers in the field of vocational education. It was established that the professionalism of managers in the field of education can be considered in terms of competence approach. The article describes the concept of "cognitive style" as an individual way of information processing, considered as metacognitive ability. The authors conducted a study of acmeological invariants of professionalism, including personal characteristics, management skills, motivational and value spheres, and cognitive features of information processing displayed by the heads of vocational educational institutions. The article describes the factors of professionalism obtained during the implementation of the expolatory factor analysis. As a result, the authors allocated four blocks of acmeological invariants of professionalism. They include professional, personal, value, and social components. The paper also contains an analysis of the main components of the model. The authors note the leading role of feedback between the director and the employees, the importance of the social component expressed in the ability of the director to build a system of communication with the subordinates, and the importance of cognitive styles, which are directly included in the structure of the main factors of the model.

Keywords

• cognitive styles
• management skills
• utility dependence
• field independence
• wide range of equivalence
• narrow range of equivalence
• impulsiveness