FORMATION OF STUDENTS' READINESS FOR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL SELF-DEVELOPMENT IN THE LEARNING PROCESS

The necessity of forming students’ readiness for professional and personal self- development is proved and the role of the inner world in this process is highlighted. The significance of self-awareness in revealing the potential of the individual is considered. The role of students’ orientation towards successful professional activity, which activates the main characteristics of the inner world: values, beliefs, motivational and volitional components, goal-setting, self-esteem, self-confidence is revealed. The main mechanisms of professional and personal self-development as a purposeful influence of a person on himself are shown: self-knowledge, self-determination, self-education, self-education, self-regulation, as well as self-acceptance and self-prediction. The role of independent work in self-improvement of the personality, ways and methods of its activation are substantiated. The pedagogical conditions necessary for forming students’ readiness for professional and personal self-development in the process of studying in higher education institutions are proposed.