Educational Path in Professional Development: from a Dream to Achieving a Goal

Abstract

In the Russian Federation, due to the adaptability of the education system to the level of training, peculiarities of development, abilities and interests of a person, it is possible to build an individual educational route throughout life in accordance with the needs of the individual. The very concept of «educational path» in pedagogical research has not been clarified. The purpose of the study is to determine the options of the educational path in professional development and the conditions that lead to the achievement of educational goals. In the course of the study, the concept of «educational path» was concretized; possible educational routes of professional formation were determined (by the example of obtaining the profession of a teacher); the individual educational path of professional formation was studied and analyzed. It is determined that the educational path in professional formation is the process of moving in the educational space of educational organizations of secondary vocational and/or higher education in order to obtain professional education, as a result of which the formation of appropriate competencies (universal, general professional and professional) takes place. The analysis of the individual educational path of professional formation on the basis of retrospective reflection allows us to note some continuity between different levels of education (basic general education, secondary general education, secondary vocational education, higher education) and individual areas of training (vocational education, pedagogical education). The formed skills of self-organization (observance of the school day regime, planning of educational activities, conducting study notes, searching and filtering additional educational information, introspection of educational activities) can lead to the fulfillment of dreams and the achievement of goals in professional development.