Junior academy of linguistics and international communications as a resource of pedagogical support of professional self-identification of high school students

Educational-and-professional self-identification of high school students is important in the social situation of their development. This process results in the conscious choice of the educational-and-professional direction and one's professional education in the future. Despite the availability of a considerable experience within practices in the activity of educational organizations, the occupational guidance work is not always effective. Therefore, new organizational approaches based on the idea of continuous pedagogical support of personality professional self-determination are needed. Pedagogical support for high school students is aimed to provide assistance in choosing a field of future professional activity, as well as developing competences required for their successful self-identification. The article describes the technology of pedagogical support for high school students’ professional self-identification implemented in Junior Academy of the SUSU Institute of Linguistics and International Communications (ILIC). Literature review and the analysis of pedagogical experience were used to define the methods and forms of pedagogical support. A questionnaire and statistical data analysis methods were used to define the effectives of Junior Academy activity. It was concluded that pedagogical support of professional self-identification of students implies the creation of an occupational guidance space as a system of opportunities for students' independent and free choosing their professional activity for the purpose of self-development and self-fulfillment. Actualization of a person's professional self-identification is invoked by educational events. The stages, methods and forms of pedagogical support of professional self-determination of students are determined. The survey data and statistics made it possible to outline the ways to improve the work of Junior Academy.