Professional education as the factor of the formation of the socially responsible personality of a modern specialist

The article deals with the actualization of the issue of the professional education as the reflection of the social demands of the society aimed at the specialist’s training who is able to realize socially responsible professional activities. There is revealed the difference of the researches’ approaches to the comprehension of the essence of the professional education. There is given the author’s definition of the professional education, there are suggested the directions of its development.