PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR EARLY CHILDREN IN A PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Abstract

Modernization of the domestic education system contributed to the restructuring of the methodological base of the educational process, the adoption of new legal documents regulating the state policy in the field of education, and the development of innovative educational practices at all levels of the lifelong education system. A special approach was required to the problem of self-realization and self-determination of a person in professional activities, an adequate choice of career, the scope of application of personal capabilities in accordance with certain abilities and inclinations for the chosen profession. According to the majority of domestic and foreign scientists, the choice of life and professional path begins not from the moment of studying at a university, but long before that, and, as the researchers note, not even at the stage of schooling, but even in a preschool educational organization. In this regard, one of the most important tasks of modern preschool education is the development of pedagogical conditions that contribute to the successful formation of preschoolers' ideas about the world of professions and understanding the essence of adult work, which in pedagogical science is usually called early career guidance. An analysis of existing practices shows that the work of preschool educational institutions in this direction comes down only to familiarizing children with the work of adults. At the same time, preschoolers often find themselves cut off from the real world of work, cannot imagine the nature of professional activity and “try” themselves in a particular profession. The authors of the article made an attempt to correct the existing gap in the work of kindergartens. They developed pedagogical conditions for the implementation of early career guidance in preschool educational institutions, organized an empirical study that proved their effectiveness.