Features of Professional Identity of Agricultural College Students

The article concerns the professional identity of students and the professional development of students of agricultural colleges. The purpose of the study was to identify the level of professional identity of students studying at the agricultural college in various fields of study. The study involved 2 groups of students, including 116 2nd and 3rd year students each, studying both in the areas of training specialists for the agro-industrial complex and in areas of training involving work in other industries. The methodology «Personal professional plan» (E.A. Klimov adapted by L.B. Schneider), T.I. Ilyina's questionnaire «Motivation for university studies», adapted for students of the secondary vocational education system, was applied. The results show that more than 50% of students have an unexpressed professional identity, 27% have a pronounced passive professional identity, and 22% have a pronounced active profession.