IMPROVEMENT OF THE PERSONALITY AS A MEANS OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT OF A FUTURE SOCIAL WORKER: RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH

Abstract

The article deals with subjectivity, which is a condition and a means of self-development of future specialists in the social sphere. We treat subjectivity as the source and root cause of student activity. It makes the future social worker responsible for understanding the goals and objectives of his or her future professional activity. Subjectivity includes a system of ideas about oneself as a subject of professional activity, professional self-esteem, professional ideal, awareness of the importance of professional activity. The characteristics of subjectivity are self-awareness, independence, activity, openness to self-improvement, self-development, self-regulation, self-identification, self-education, self-cultivation, which motivates the formation of pedagogical culture of future social workers. The personality of the students was manifested in the need for creative activity while studying in the higher education institutions. It is found that the level of subjectivity of students is directly dependent on their focus on forming a pedagogical culture. Subjectivity is aimed at forming value orientations and a hierarchy of motives for activity. In the context of the acmeological approach, the subjective orientation of the individual is connected with the implementation of the life plan and the improvement of the system of target programs. During the formation of subjectivity, we invite students to complete an acmeogram, purposefully work on the study of micro- and macro-acme, consider acme events and objectively analyze the reasons for their non-use. In the practical plane for the development of subjectivity, students worked actively to identify well-formed character traits that foster professional achievement and to analyze those personality traits that need to be reduced. In order to improve subjectivity, future social workers purposefully worked to develop a plan of concrete practical actions that they would initiate for personal and professional improvement. As the results of the formative stage of the experimental study showed, the improvement of subjectivity as a means of self-development of the future social worker had a positive effect on the formation of indicators of the motivational-value component of the pedagogical culture. The results of the experimental design phase using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov criterion confirmed the effectiveness of the pedagogical culture formation activity and confirmed its validity and veracity.