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"Philosophy of Education"

2015 year, number 1

The influence of self-identification and the value orientations of youth on the choice of educational strategies

M. A. Abramova1,2, V. G. Kostyuk2, G. S. Goncharova2
1Novosibirsk State University, str. Pirogova, 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
2Institute of Philosophy and Law, Nikolaeva str., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Keywords: youth, acculturation strategy, values, identity, profession

Abstract

The authors emphasize that in modern conditions of interrelated processes of globalization and social transformations of the multiethnic Russian society, to ensure its sustainable development it is important to examine the role of education in the formation of different types of identities and the value orientations of young people. The education system as a social institute, which is, in particular, a transmitter of the state orientations, fosters the development of certain kinds of identities. The basic structure of personality can be represented as a set of identities that were formed at different stages of life on the basis of different needs and conditions of social environment, values. In addition, each type of identity is characterized by its "core", the basic value (or a group of values). The social function of education is ultimately to form the personality of a particular type, which is defined by the basic values of the society. An analysis of the formation process of the education system development strategy has demonstrated a contradictory character of the current tendencies. For example, using the results of interviews with schoolchildren, conducted in Novosibirsk and Novosibirsk region under the grant RGNF 13-03-00028 «New meanings in the educational strategies of youth» (under supervision of D. L. Konstantinovsky), the authors identified the dependencies between acculturation strategies of young people, their value orientations and the choice of future profession. The conclusions were made that the type of identity that determines the choice of acculturation strategies of youth affects the content and character of the value orientations of school graduates, including in selecting the future profession. The young people with the integration strategy is characterized by the highest compared with other groups orientation toward the choice of not only the Novosibirsk higher education institutions, but also the institutions located in other regions of Russia. With the increasing importance of ethnic identity, the percentage is growing of the young people planning the career options related to technology, health, education, finance and economy, and the percentage is reducing of the ones oriented toward the political-legal professions. This is especially noticeable for the technical professions among those for whom ethnicity is not important. The interviews have showed that the most balanced in terms of industries are the professional interests of the young people, who adheres to the «integration» acculturation strategy, for which both the ethnic and Russian identity are very important. The formation of exactly this type of acculturation strategies for the schoolchildren is the most important task of the education system.