Formation of the value system of pedagogical universities’ students during their study

Abstract

The authors rely on the theoretical position that value orientations should determine the meaning, validity and direction of pedagogical transformations, because values serve as basic norms and principles shaping consciousness and behaviour of people in society. The aim of the study is to determine features of formation of pedagogical University students’ value system during their period of higher professional education. Authors found that in the first year of training at a pedagogical University, there is no regularity in the prevalence of “polarity” in value orientations, i.e. there are both altruistic and selfish values. In the second year, there is more focus on the “internal” orientation of the values, on their egoistic tendencies. In the third year there is a certain balance in individual and social direction of the values and value orientations. In the fourth year, there is a “public direction “ of the students’ values, manifested in greater democratization, collectivization, in humanization of life ideals, i.e. in the fourth year under influence of industrial practices and studying professional disciplines professional identity of pedagogical universities students begins to shape. It is proved that the system of values in case of pedagogical university students develops during the period of their higher professional education.